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

Mr President, I accepted your first ruling because I recognised there was a preamble—

Senator Abetz interjecting—

Good to see you too, Eric; we can talk about that too! We recognise there was some preamble. This is a matter of great public importance. This is a matter that is well known to the public and to the media. We're asking a simple question of whether this minister, who took over from Senator McKenzie, has seen the colour-coded spreadsheet.