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

Mr President, on the point of order: Senator Heffernan, on behalf of the Queensland-New South Wales teachers union, asked the minister a question and the minister has been answering that question directly. The minister has been dealing with both the BER and the Auditor-General’s role, and the minister has been continually answering that question—notwithstanding the interjections from the opposition, which may in fact mean that he cannot be heard. But he has been answering the question directly and with relevance, although it was from, it appears, the New South Wales teachers union rather than Senator Heffernan.