Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:52): Good to hear that litany of abuse from you, Senator Sterle! And I know you do not mean it. Mr President, I will need your guidance, because I was actually going to respond to that part of the question which you ruled out of order. Am I at liberty to do that? The PRESIDENT: If you wish to respond to any part of the question that Senator Sterle asked you, you are at liberty to do so. Senator BRANDIS: You have given me a lot of material to work with, Senator Sterle, but let me focus on the last, because that is far and away the most important thing you have said. The parliament was misled. The parliament was misled by the Deputy Secretary of my department on the Thursday of the first estimates committee and by me, inadvertently. And when the fact that incorrect evidence had been given to the Senate committee on the Thursday was confirmed, I immediately corrected the record, as did she.