Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

On a point of order, Chair: can I draw your attention to standing order 196, which has something to say about repetitious questions. The reason I haven't answered the last few questions is that I provided a comprehensive answer to a series of questions about the transparency and accountability requirements of the Voice several hours ago. I don't regard it as a good or proper use of the Senate's time to now be relitigating the same issues four hours later. I am wondering if we should set our clocks and expect the same questions back at about 10 minutes to 7 am, in another four hours' time. Standing order 196 is pretty clear when it comes to repetitious questions, which is what we have had for the last hour and a half.