Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I do insist that point of order are raised. I do not consider it my role to be policing the answers of ministers on a rolling brief from the chair. Senator Wong, I do ask that point of orders be raised. On the point of order there, I would remind the minister of the question. I would also remind all others in the chamber that, while interjections are always disorderly—and I say that commonly at this time of the day—if people interject, they can respect the retort from the minister answering the question as well. So I'm not going to rule the minister is out of order, because the minister was responding to an interjection—