Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

I will. I'm very happy to, and if I'm wrong I apologise in advance, as I said. With respect to the point of order, that was the second part of the question. I can't instruct the minister to use a word or not. But the first part of the question contained an assertion about a number and a statistic that the minister is challenging. He is entitled to do that and be directly relevant to the question. He's not entitled to stray from the topic, but he is allowed to challenge it. Senator Colbeck.

Opposition senators interjecting—

Order! If we don't have interjections there's no need to respond to them. Thank you, Senator Colbeck.

Senator Keneally interjecting—