Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Wong, I'll take your observation. It is not up to the chair to direct a minister how to answer the question. That is a matter for debate subsequent to question time and for others to make judgements about. My only role here is: is the minister being directly relevant to the question? And in that case I believe the minister was, even if people didn't like the answer. Senator O'Neill, a final supplementary question.