Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Acting Deputy President, on a point of order: I think we have established what a personal explanation is for. This is debating about the merits of a newspaper article. If Mr Slipper has said something that directly affects Senator Hutchins, has named Senator Hutchins or has suggested that Senator Hutchins has done something inappropriate, Senator Hutchins should come to the point of it, but let us not try to cast a wider stone in order to detract from or highlight an article.