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

On the point of order, Mr President, I know Senator Abetz is trying to rebuild his confidence, but Senator Arbib is perfectly entitled to put the question in the context of the general IR debate, and he had only been going for a matter of 19 seconds when Senator Abetz sought to take a point of order. Senator Arbib, as always, will directly answer the question and deal with it in the context of the IR debate.