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

My point of order is on direct relevance. I think everyone in this place—some of us personally—understands this is an issue that must be spoken about carefully. If you listened to what Senator Gallagher asked, she quoted Justice Murphy and she asked if this government accepted that almost half a million people were hounded and suffered at the hands of a scheme designed, implemented and supported by the Prime Minister from day one. I would ask the minister not to go down the path she is going but to be directly relevant to that question.