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

Mr President, on the point of order, to the extent that the question asked was a guessing game, the minister has been directly answering the question. The opposition, if they wish to continue this facade of a question which does not provide in fact any real substance in relation to policy, if they do not want to ask the executive any policy questions today, then taking a point of order and complaining about a nonanswer where the question is in fact a guessing game, there is no point of order in respect of that, and if the opposition is to continue with a guessing game for question time instead of asking proper questions, they should expect the answers that Senator Conroy is providing.