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

On the point of order: the question was about wage rates. The minister is absolutely within his rights to outline how wage rates are set and, indeed, to use direct quotes about the validity of the system that sets those wage rates. The minister was not making a political point from what I heard at the time Senator Keneally took her point of order. He was using a direct quote about the system that sets wage rates, which was entirely relevant to the context of the answer he was giving.