Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:18): If the honourable senator does not want disruption on the Australian waterfront, if he does not want this matter to escalate further, could I invite him to ring up the Maritime Union of Australia to abide by the Fair Work Commission decision in relation to the particular picket. If you have an independent umpire in this space, you have to accept the good decisions with the bad and you have to accept their decisions—right, wrong or indifferent—whether you like it or not. Senator Cormann: This is Labor's system. Senator ABETZ: You are quite right, Senator Cormann: Labor's Fair Work Act, Labor's Fair Work Commission—and they still complain about the decisions when they come out against their mates in the MUA. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Cameron: Mr President, I rise on a point of order on relevance. I asked the minister about his confrontational, partisan approach to workplace relations, which he has now just demonstrated again. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cameron. I will remind the minister that he has 10 seconds in which to answer the question that was asked. Senator ABETZ: I am so confrontational that I said that employees and employers should treat each other with respect and due consideration. If that is confrontational, so be it. (Time expired)