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

On the point of order, it may be that the questioner, Senator Macdonald, did not recall the beginning of his sentence but he did start with ‘blind prejudice’. Senator Carr was responding in relation to that issue. Clearly, Senator Carr has been on point in relation to answering the question. It is a matter for Senator Carr whether he deals with each part of the question in seriatim or which point he goes to, but there were three major points that were raised by Senator Macdonald in his question. One went to blind prejudice, the second went to the tax issue and the third went to criticism by the mayors of Mount Isa and Cloncurry. Therefore, Senator Carr has been answering the three parts of that question and has been very relevant to the question.