Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, a point of order: the minister has been going for more than a minute on what was a very simple and direct question. I draw your attention to the relevance of his answer. He is answering questions from earlier this week and failing to answer the very direct question: did any departmental officials ever advise or suggest to the minister or any of his staff that the starting date of the Home Insulation Program should be delayed? It should be a simple yes-or-no answer.