Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

On a point of order, Mr President: the minister has been on her feet for some time. She just flagrantly ignored your direction to her to return to the question—or your reminder to her. She may not have noticed, in her desire to run through the statistics she keeps, that the question is about welfare recipients and the high cost of credit arrangements. These are important matters and we would appreciate it if she responded to them.