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

I have a point of order, and it goes to relevance on two fronts. I would contend that the minister has not answered the question. Senator Hume's very narrowly worded question focused on what the government's policy is, not what the law is. But I also point out that, if the minister believes she's answered the question, that's then not an invitation to use the residual time to talk about whatever she wants. The answer still needs to be directly relevant to the question asked.