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

Mr President, I rise on a point of order. The point is that the minister is not being directly relevant to the question. He was asked whether the government had sought legal advice about one matter—that is, the potential exposure of the Commonwealth to a liability and damages at the suit of the tenderers. He has referred to other legal advice on a different matter. He is now proposing to rehearse the history of the tender. He has not approached or gone near the question he was asked.