Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order, it is not directly relevant to talk about the person asking the question, but the minister immediately prior to that was being directly relevant, because he was talking about an alternative version of events—I think that is the fairest way to describe it—without using any of the pejorative terms, or trying to avoid the pejorative terms, of those asking those questions. He is allowed to outline a different version of events than that assumed by the questioner and still be directly relevant.