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

Mr President, on the point of order, and to respond to the submission by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, it really does stretch credulity to suggest that you can refer to slogans on placards outside of this place in response to a question as to whether or not tenders have been let for a certain situation. If we are going to have any semblance of relevance in question time then this has to be one of those cases where a ruling must be made.