Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

It's our first question time; it's not even five past two. On the point of order, I can't instruct a minister how to answer a question, as long as the minister is directly relevant to a question, or to part of a question. I cannot instruct him to answer a preferred part of a question. Senator Cormann, you got into a bit of debate there; I'm sure the minister is able to do that. Senator Colbeck, continue.