Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The minister is being directly relevant to the extent that he can be directly relevant as somebody who was not the minister at the time. Direct relevance has to be seen in the context of who is being asked the question. Senator Colbeck is answering the question in a directly relevant way to the extent he can, given that he was not the minister at the time and was not involved in this process at the time.