Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on a point of order on relevance, the question from Senator Back is very clear: why are these payments not being made? Either the minister is deliberately misunderstanding the question or he is simply incapable of understanding it. We know the payments are available, but they are not being paid. Could you direct the minister to answer the question or sit him down if he cannot?