Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I hate to do it, Madam President, but I have a point of order on direct relevance. As much as the trips down Senator Farrell's memory lane are most entertaining for the chamber, there was a question from Senator McLachlan which did go in particular to why the government did not invite representatives of the space industry to the Jobs and Skills Summit. I find it hard to understand how Senator Farrell's recollections of what was happening at Woomera when he was a young man have any bearing whatsoever on the invitation list for the Jobs and Skills Summit.

Honourable senators interjecting—