Senator CAROL BROWN (Tasmania) (15:24): What we have heard here today, not only in the responses to questions by the opposition but also in the responses by the coalition senators, is that nothing has really changed. After the chaos that we have seen in the government in the last few days, nothing has really changed. We have a Prime Minister who has admitted today that good government starts today—some 16 months after they came into office, 520 days since they came into office—good government starts today. And yet we have heard here today from coalition senators and their ministers that nothing has changed. Their responses are all the same. Nothing has changed. They need to understand what their back bench has been telling them. The Australian people have been telling them that their problem is that they delivered a manifestly unfair budget. They know it and the Australian people know it. The only difference is, they do not care. They did not care. The Australian people will not let you get away with this. No amount of restarts or reboots are going to change what this government is all about. They just do not care. They will continue their attack on low- and middle-income Australians. They will somehow continue with their GP tax, they will continue to inflict $100,000 university degrees on our children, they will continue with the cuts to pensions and family supports, and they have cut $80 billion from schools, education and hospitals. All of these things they said they would not do, and the Prime Minister said they would not do. He lied. He lied to the electorate. What we have now is— Senator Abetz: Mr Deputy President, a point of order: accusations of that nature against a specific member of parliament are disorderly and need to be withdrawn. Senator CAROL BROWN: I withdraw, but the Prime Minister's government lied. The coalition lied to the electorate. It does not matter how— Senator Abetz: Mr Deputy President, a point of order: the withdrawal has to be unequivocal, and the allegation cannot be made against a specifically identified member of parliament. The senator knows that, and she should abide by the standing orders. Senator CAROL BROWN: Mr Deputy President, on the point of order: I did withdraw and then I continued my contribution. Senator Abetz: By saying the Prime Minister lied. Senator CAROL BROWN: I said the Prime Minister's government. Senator Bushby: And then you said that he lied. Senator Abetz: And then you said he lied. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Brown, I have taken some advice on this and the words you are using really get us close to the point of being unparliamentary. I think it would be useful if you would withdraw those remarks and continue with your contribution. Senator CAROL BROWN: I withdraw. I thought that was what I was doing before. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator. Senator CAROL BROWN: What we have seen here is a coalition that is now fighting amongst itself. We have a third of the coalition caucus room not supporting the Prime Minister. We have a Prime Minister who has no respect for his back bench. We saw recently in his Press Club speech that he would have no more captain's calls and more consultation—I am not sure what Mr Abbott thinks 'more consultation' means—yet he changed the meeting time for this spill motion with very little consultation. Senator Conroy: Have you seen the video? Senator CAROL BROWN: I have not seen the video but I cannot wait to— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Senator CAROL BROWN: And just days after he said he would consult more he changed the party room time to wrong-foot the backbench, and others, to deny proper discussion and consultation for his own caucus room. That is what he did. That is what he did, because he knew that the backbench were unhappy, he knows that he has been leading a government that has broken many promises to the electorate and he knows that the outspoken complaints about the way he operates and the way this government has been operating were only going to gather momentum. After this cruel and unfair budget, I do not think anybody would really trust this government again to keep any of its commitments. We have heard over the last few days some of the comments that the backbench have been making as to what is really occurring inside the Liberal Party caucus. We have heard from Ms Gambaro, who said: 'We cannot govern ourselves in an internal climate of fear and intimidation. And that is the unacceptable situation we have endured for the past five years.' (Time expired) Question agreed to.