Senator CONROY (Victoria—Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity) (15:02): The good senator is asking me to speculate on and pre-empt the future. I stand by exactly what I said yesterday. Senator BIRMINGHAM: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. I was very careful to quote what the minister said yesterday—and what the minister said yesterday, for the relevance of his answer, was: The government will now consider the full range of options for the awarding of this contract and will make a decision no later than March next year. We are simply trying to get from the minister clarity as to what type of decision it is that he is promising to make by March next year. Referring simply to those words provides no clarity whatsoever. The PRESIDENT: I understand that the minister has concluded his answer. Senator Birmingham interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham, you took a point of order. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! If you want to argue about it, the time will come very shortly. Senator Birmingham, I hear your point of order, but there is nothing more that I can do about your point of order given that the minister's answer has concluded. Senator CHRIS EVANS: Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.