George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on a point of order: the question does not ask for any form of speculation, and if that is the way the minister understands the question then he has misunderstood the question. The question asks two things: firstly, whether or not a document has been received—that is a yes or no question—and, secondly, whether or not the minister is treating the document as a cabinet-in-confidence document. Those are the only two items of information sought by the question.