Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on a point of order on relevance: the question was specifically whether the Maritime Emergency Response Commander has exercised his intervention powers because of the slow response and underestimation by Queensland. That is the question. Has the Maritime Emergency Response Commander exercised his powers? I am interested in what Senator Conroy says, but it was not the question he was asked.