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

Mr President, I rise on a point of order in relation to the requirement for the minister to be directly relevant to the question. The question was not one about methodology in the budget, which we know. The question was whether the minister stands by the expenditure forecast, the expenditure projections that were made at budget time. The minister has not got anywhere near answering the question as to whether she stands by the predictions that were made in the budget in relation to illegal boat arrivals.