Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order, Mr President, as the coalition know—and you should rule accordingly and I ask you to do so—the minister is answering the question. The minister is directing her response to the question. But the manner in which the minister responds to that question is a matter for the minister. The question that the opposition seek to raise of course concerns the specificity which they want from the answer. Given that there are three minutes to go or thereabouts, it would be pleasant for the opposition to listen to the answer in silence.