Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Acting Deputy President, I rise on a point of order on relevance. I was prepared to allow the usual slurring and misstatements that go on, but at this point, Senator Birmingham, I think you have gone a little bit longer than needed. Quite frankly, we should get back to the debate. You have a limited time. You do not want me to burden your time by taking points of order to bring you back to relevance. You might note that you yourself went missing on carbon. It is a shame that you did, but at that point on the whole debate—