Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order in relation to relevance. The question was very specific: how does cutting $6 million a year out of the budget for ASIC assist it to properly do its job at this time of global financial crisis? Well may Senator Conroy talk about the member for Wentworth and other people, but it is absolutely and utterly irrelevant to the question that was asked. I remind you of the powers that you do have under standing order 196 to sit down a senator for repeated irrelevance.