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

On the point of order, Mr President: those opposite obviously want to interject rather than listen to the answer that Senator Sherry is providing. Senator Sherry is being relevant to the question; he is not digressing. What we see again is a point of order being used as a way to restate the question to make a statement—to make a point. I accept that the opposition at first blush raised the relevance issue, but they then digressed again. There is no point of order, I submit.