Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order about the abuse of question time. I raised this with you yesterday. Ministers are making no attempt to answer the questions. This is a repeat of a question asked of Senator Vanstone yesterday because she was allowed to carry on with a statement and abuse of the shadow minister, which did not relate at all to the question. We then had Senator Abetz’s performance today. Opposition senators will get frustrated and unruly if there is no integrity in question time, and I ask you to ensure the integrity of question time.