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

Mr President, speaking on the point of order raised: you have a responsibility to require ministers to be directly relevant to the question. Directly relevant on this question does not mean talking about government policy; it means stating whether you have or have not got a legal opinion. Mr President, you are required by the standing orders to determine and rule on direct relevance.