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

Mr President, Senator Macdonald indicated to you at the commencement of his question that he was asking a question of Senator Carr in both his ministerial capacity and his representative capacity. You called on Senator Carr to answer the question in both his ministerial capacity and his representative capacity. In those circumstances, it is quite in order for Senator Carr to be required to at least have a stab at the question. Mr President, you clearly called him in both capacities.