Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Just on the point of order: whilst interjections are of course always disorderly, sometimes they can help to clarify matters in the chamber. When Senator Hume started to reference the case and posed it in the question of 'I assume this case is what the question is referring to', I heard cries of 'yes' coming from the Australian Greens corner. So I fail to see how Senator McKim can now suggest that Senator Hume is somehow not being directly relevant to the question he asked, on which it sounds like he and his team confirmed she was being directly relevant.

Senator Thorpe interjecting—