Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My point of order is in relation to the requirement for the minister to be directly relevant to the question. There was a very specific question: why would the government impose a carbon tax on electricity generators like Verve Energy in Western Australia when it will do nothing to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions because Verve will continue to use coal in order to ensure energy security in WA? The minister can quote my speeches from four years ago—and I am flattered that she reads them—but it is not directly relevant to the question.