Ross Lightfoot (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr President, I would like to ask a supplementary question.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr President, I raise a point of order. There has to be a time limit, surely. Senator Lightfoot did not jump up; you rose and acknowledged visitors in the gallery. I think it is a bit late to be asking for a—

Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

He politely sat down because the President was speaking.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I know, Senator Vanstone, you turned around and asked him to ask you a sup, but that is not the point. It just seems to me it is well beyond the time.

Paul Calvert (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! I hear your point of order. I had moved on, so I call the next senator.