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

On the point of order, the question went to matters of cabinet convention and processes, which are, of course, very longstanding customs and practices. I am not aware of the contents of the quote that Senator McKenzie is going to use and, unless Senator Watt has powers that I've not yet seen, nor is he. So it's entirely possible that the quote is indeed relevant to matters of cabinet process and cabinet consideration, which would make it directly relevant to the question that was asked.