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

Mr President, I raise a point of order on relevance. The question asked whether the government agreed with an estimate. The only question asked was whether the government agreed with an estimate. I know you say, Mr President, that you cannot tell a minister how to answer a question, and the opposition accepts that, but you must ensure that all of the minister’s answer is directly relevant to the question that was asked. Not some of it but all of it must be directly relevant to the question that was asked. The question asked was: does the government agree with a quoted estimate?