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

My point of order goes to direct relevance. The question was: 'What amount?'—not the question of the decision, which is what her answer related to. The question is: what amount of taxpayers' money does the government anticipate spending to defend Mr Hadgkiss? I would have thought the minister would want to tell the Australian people how much money they're going to be spending on him.