Senator McCARTHY (Northern Territory) (13:59): One coalition MP has told Patricia Karvelas that sometimes he 'wishes a no-confidence motion were successful to put us out of our misery early and force a general election'. When will Mr Morrison do his MPs a favour, put them out of their misery and call an election? The PRESIDENT: Senator Macdonald on a point of order? Senator Ian Macdonald: This question asks the defence minister what Mr Morrison, as Prime Minister, might do or not do. It's clearly addressed to the wrong person. It's not a supplementary of the previous question. I ask you to rule it out of order. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cormann on the point of order? Senator Cormann: Just adding to the point of order, clearly this question does not relate to any statements that were made by ministers, so I strongly support the proposition that this question should be ruled out of order. The PRESIDENT: On the point of order, Senator Wong? Senator Wong: If the government doesn't wish to rule out a coalition MP asking for an early election to put them out of their misery, so be it. The PRESIDENT: On the point of order, respectfully, this was not a supplementary question. It did not, in any way, refer to the substance of the first or second question or an answer given by the minister to either of those questions. However, I have previously stated that, even when questions are not in order, so as to not create an incentive for statements to be made without the minister having an opportunity to respond, I will invite the minister to respond if they have anything to say to the question, despite it not being in order.