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

Mr President, on the point of order: in this instance, unless I am mistaken—and I am always open to correction—Senator Arbib was answering the question both in terms of the substantive matter and the percentage of the offices that are opening and closing, as I recall his contribution. If it was not in the exact form that those opposite want it to be in, I am sure they can do the sums later on the issue and read the Hansard accordingly. But, in terms of being relevant to the question, Senator Arbib was dealing with the specifics and was in fact referring to what the question asked, which was in the area of those offices that are opening and closing, and he was providing percentages in relation to the broader population of the job services network itself.