Senator CASH (Western Australia—Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women) (14:46): Can I say 'thank you' to Senator Rice for the question. Senator Rice, the only infrastructure you—I was actually going to say 'those opposite' but I will include the Australian Greens in it—are interested in building is roadblocks. That is all you are interested in. The East West Link is a good project. It is a project that is going to create jobs for Victorians. That is what this government is all about. This government is into job creation. As the leader of the government has correctly said, 6,000 jobs, and you watch— Senator Milne: Mr President, I raise a point of order on relevance. The minister was specifically asked about whether the federal government knew the letter was written by the proponents and did the federal government know about it. The PRESIDENT: I will remind the minister of the question. The minister has one minute and 16 seconds in which to answer. Senator CASH: Apart from the 6,000 jobs that clearly those opposite, including Senator Rice, do not want to create, this takes incompetence by Labor state governments to a whole new level. It is the only government in Australia that actually wants to pay in excess of $1 billion not to build a road. If I thought those opposite were incompetent, the new Premier of Victoria is taking a leaf out of the book of the good Senator Wong's book. Senator Rice: Mr President, a point of order on relevance: my question was directly related to the existence of a secret side letter and whether the government had been aware that it was drafted by the consortium. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cash, I remind you of the question and indicate that you have 37 seconds in which to answer the question. Senator CASH: I thought the question was in relation to the East West Link, which this government actually supports. I also have to say that I thought Mr Shorten, at one stage, backed it. But then he seemed to do another backflip, and nobody seems to know any more what is actually going on apart— Senator Di Natale: Mr President, a point of order on relevance: on two occasions the minister has been drawn to the question, and she is refusing to answer it. You have drawn her attention to the question on two previous occasions. I ask you to do it for a third time. It seems that the minister is not prepared to answer this question. The PRESIDENT: I do remind the minister of the question and I inform the minister that she has 21 seconds in which to answer the question. Senator CASH: I think we just witnessed some preselection jostling within the Australian Greens. Clearly, Senator Di Natale wishes that he had been given that question. The PRESIDENT: Minister, I draw you back to the question. Senator CASH: As I said, in relation to this project, this is a government that leaves in building jobs, creating jobs for Australia, and building the infrastructure of tomorrow. It is just a little bit of a shame that the Australian Greens will not get on board. (Time expired)