Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. This is all very interesting but we have read it all in the papers. The question was very simple: is the engine imported from Japan? It had nothing to do with what Senator Evans is talking about. On the grounds of relevance, Mr President, could I ask you to indicate to the minister that we want the question answered, not a general ramble about government policy that we have seen in the papers over the last week.