Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on the point of order, Senator Fifield made it very clear in his preliminary question that he was talking about extreme views as enunciated by the Prime Minister. It was a matter that she deemed appropriate to talk about in her role as Prime Minister. It is therefore quite disingenuous of the Leader of the Government to suggest that it is not relevant to her portfolio responsibilities when she in fact addressed those very issues as the Prime Minister of the country. As a result, the minister should be brought back to the question and asked to be directly relevant, as required by sessional orders.