Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order, relating to relevance to the question asked. Yesterday Senator Carr—in response to Senator Abetz, who put it to Senator Carr that Mr Bracks was to be appointed to head this inquiry—said that Senator Abetz was incorrect. Today Senator Carr is being asked a very serious question as to whether, in saying that, he was misleading the Senate. The question is not about Mr Bracks; the question is about whether Senator Carr misled the Senate yesterday, and I ask you to get him to answer the question.