Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order: Senator Hanson-Young set a new record. She got up to raise a point of order within three seconds. So congratulations, Senator Hanson-Young, that is a new record; I think six was the record before that. There is no point of order. Senator Wong is entitled to answer the question in the way she chooses. Quite frankly, I do not know if people have run out of questions but this abuse of question time is ridiculous. Taking points of order within six seconds or three seconds of someone getting to their feet clearly is inappropriate and I think if people are serious about getting value out of question time they ought to allow the minister to at least have a go at answering the question before they take a point of order.