Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Human Services) (14:36): I thank Senator Reynolds very much for her question. I am very proud that the Department of Human Services is participating in this groundbreaking initiative. We are providing traineeships for people with autism spectrum disorder working in our ICT hub in Adelaide. We are partnering with Hewlett Packard Australia and with a Danish organisation called Specialisterne or Specialist People Foundation to provide those 11 traineeships in our department's ICT testing teams. Senator Cameron: Why did you cut traineeship support programs? The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron! Senator PAYNE: That is a program which will provide trainees with incredibly valuable work skills in an environment that enables them to perform their roles effectively. Senator Abetz: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Abetz: I think that families that have children with autism might be interested in this answer and not the rank politics emanating from Senator Cameron. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Both sides, order! Senator Cameron, Senator Macdonald and Senator Ronaldson! Order Senator Macdonald! Senator Cameron interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron, you are so persistent with your interjections. Can you at least lay off for a little while? Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting— The PRESIDENT: You too, Senator Macdonald. Senator PAYNE: For Australia to be involved in a groundbreaking program like this, to see those extraordinary young men—and their families—who have an amazing capacity for precise attention to detail, who are able to systematically process information, who have long concentration spans that make them ideal for and make them love work in information technology is actually quite rewarding. It is quite heartening to see that a collaboration like that, working on something like critical IT testing, can actually come together with Autism SA, with Hewlett Packard and with these young men and their families. They have settled in incredibly well. I think that they expected to be welcomed by the Australian parliament when I made these observations this afternoon, not trashed by those opposite in the way Senator Cameron and Senator Collins did. They have settled in really well. They did their induction and training with Hewlett Packard and then they came to work with us. They are incredibly bright; they are incredibly talented. They have very impressive academic records, but, unfortunately, they found it hard to get jobs in the routine workplace. This partnership has been able to assist them and their families.