Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I raise a point of order as to whether that question is in order. These are—

I'll take that interjection. Senator Gallagher has answered question after question on this and has been upfront and transparent with the Senate. I didn't take objection to the nature of the questioning, with reference to President Hogg's ruling, for two days, after which time I drew the President's attention to it. We are now at the point where the opposition, in their desperate attempt to continue this tactic—despite what the DPP has said about Ms Higgins's mental state at the conclusion of her trial—are asking about alleged conversations about which the minister has made no statement. I respectfully submit that the question is not in order.