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

Mr President, on the point of order: the Minister representing the Minister for Education is and has been relevant to the point that has been raised. We are now into 1½ minutes, or slightly over that, where the answer is being provided. It is going to the issue of the schools and the minister is being relevant to the question. What we now have is the opposition seeking to utilise this approach as another way of re-asking their question. The minister has been apprised of the question, it was asked and the minister should be allowed in this instance to answer the question that was provided.