Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) | Hansard source

Standing orders state that:

questions shall not contain:

… statements of fact or names of persons unless they are strictly necessary to render the question intelligible and can be authenticated—

As has been made plain on previous instances by Senator Ruston, this government will always receive individual cases from any member of parliament and deal with them respectfully. In this case, though, it is very clear that this person, of course, cannot be authenticated unless the opposition is willing to bring the case to the government.

Honourable senators interjecting—