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

Thank you, Mr President. Unfortunately, now what we have seen from the opposition on the point of order is an embarrassing tirade about nothing because what the opposition have now risen on is a point of order, not the original matter. Senator Abetz did not rise on the original matter but went off on a flight of fancy of his own, complaining about another point of order. Mr President, my submission is that, if you are going to take a point of order, you should say whether it is about relevance or about what was originally raised. You did not respond to that and you have to respond to that in that instance. My submission is that Senator Carr was relevant to the question.