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

Mr President, on the point of order: what we have now witnessed from the opposition is a reformulation of the original question. In relation to the question that was asked, the minister has been answering the question, has been directly relevant to the question and, in fact, has been going to the specifics of the matter. Rather than the statement of a new question, what we are now witnessing is both the coalition and the Liberals using the opportunity of taking a point of order to either restate the question or disagree with the answer that is being provided. I would ask the President to have a look at the tapes in that regard.