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

An interrogative statement may just as easily be a breach of standing order 193 for carrying an imputation as in a court of law an interrogative statement may be held to be defamatory if it contains a defamatory imputation. Senator Collins has now said that she considers that she is at liberty without violating standing order 193 to ask any questions she chooses.