Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on the point of order, Senator Abetz is simply seeking to cover his embarrassment of the fact that their tactics committee actually asked a question to the wrong minister, again. You have accurately said that the minister should answer only those parts of the question which are relevant. I would put to you, Mr President, that it is very hard to be relevant to a question which is irrelevant to your portfolio. I invite you to dismiss Senator Abetz’s point of order.