Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. Yesterday the minister informed the Senate that the tender ceased to have effect on Monday, so the minister is clearly misleading the Senate if he claims it is still ongoing. If it is no longer ongoing, he should be able to inform us of a matter of simple procedure such as whether or not he received a recommended bidder.