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

Mr President, I raise a point of order going to relevance, but also the fact that the government is unable to provide any answers in relation to serious defence questions, because the minister will not bring in a brief. I ask Senator Minchin to think about the performance. More and more answers are being refused on the basis that the minister does not know anything about it. The minister has been asked two very serious questions on defence and the government has no response. The point of order is on relevance. If the minister does not know anything and will not bring in his brief, then he ought to sit down and not rave on.