Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on the point of order: the minister made it clear to Senator Brown that he would come to the specifics of the question but he sought to put it in the context in which he chose to frame the answer. I think it is quite reasonable for him to do that and, given that he had only gone about 17 seconds, it is totally inappropriate for people to take points of order when the minister has indicated quite clearly he intended to answer the question.