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

On direct relevance: the minister acknowledged at the start of the question that he, perhaps unsurprisingly for the minister, didn't know and wasn't aware of the OECD analysis, but, having waffled on from the couple of minutes after giving that indication, he could at least be directly relevant and helpful to the Senate and take on notice for the government its response to this and the particular question about whether it is correct that the OECD analysis shows Australia is the worst-performing advanced economy for the impact on household incomes.