Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, as you already noted in your previous ruling, the question included a number of assertions—false assertions, we would submit—which the minister, in a directly relevant fashion, is explaining. For example, the first assertion is about favouring marginal seats, when the Auditor-General's report clearly shows that the proportion of Labor seats under Senator McKenzie's decisions increased compared to the Sports Australia decisions.