Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:12): Senator Wong, I have already explained why I have taken the position I have. To complete the record, I have now been provided with a copy of what was quoted selectively by Senator Carr from my interview with Kieran Gilbert yesterday: Kieran Gilbert: My final question is in relation to one of your colleagues, Ian Macdonald, yesterday, accusing Justin Gleeson of playing politics with this. The PRESIDENT: A point of order, Senator Wong? Senator Wong: I am taking a point of order on direct relevance. I did not ask him the question Senator Cameron asked him. I asked him a different question. I asked him if he would take this opportunity to repudiate Senator Macdonald's comments. He is referring back to a question that has been previously asked. If he wishes to do that, he should do it at the conclusion of question time. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Wong. I will remind the Attorney-General of the question. But I think we have to be fair and give the Attorney-General some context in which to place his answer. Senator BRANDIS: Mr President, the reason I have approached the answer this way is: in the primary question it was falsely asserted, by taking out of context an answer to a question from Kieran Gilbert on Sky News yesterday, that I had said something and that, therefore, I had a familiarity with the speech. And that statement is incorrect. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Brandis. I will take that as speaking to the point of order of Senator Wong. Senator Wong: Thank you. I appreciate it, Mr President. By his own words, he just demonstrated my point of order. He is referring to a primary question that I did not ask. My primary question was in relation to the censure. He is referring to a different primary question. He cannot possibly make his answer to a supplementary relevant by referring to a question a different senator asked. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Wong. I will remind the Attorney-General of the question. The Attorney-General. Senator BRANDIS: So, Mr Gilbert said what I have just read and he asked, 'Do you agree with him?' to which this was my reply—and this goes to your question, Senator: I'm not going to associate myself with that remark. I have always, as I've said before, had a courteous and professional and respectful relationship with Mr Gleeson. I regard Mr Gleeson as a very good lawyer and I don't walk away from that. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Attorney-General.