John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

Two points, Mr President. First of all, it may or may not have been tongue in cheek but I did note that Senator Mason, in asking the question, described my colleague Senator Carr as an ‘economic conservative’—and that is obviously a matter that Senator Carr would want to address. Secondly, in response to Senator Abetz’s point of order, I make a similar point to that I made yesterday in relation to relevance. This is a very early stage of Senator Carr’s answer. There is forthcoming another three-quarters of an answer to a primary question, two supplementary questions and two answers. I would respectfully suggest it is a little early and quite preposterous for Senator Abetz to be taking such a point of order.