Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Questions without Notice

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

2:39 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

If Senator Pocock chooses to put political rhetoric into his supplementary question, then he's going to get a response in kind. The minister is entitled—

An honourable senator interjecting—

Sorry, I apologise—on the point of order: if Senator Pocock makes a political statement, he's going to get a political answer. He chose to make a political statement, self-evidently, presumably for social media, and he's getting a response in kind.

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