Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:46): The Productivity Commission review of the Fair Work laws is something that we promised the Australian people. We believed that there had to be a proper, full review of the framework of our industrial relations system. The good news is that the Productivity Commission was of the view that it needed repair, not replacement, and that is of course the policy that we adopted going into the election. We also adopted the longstanding policy in this country that all matters in relation to wage setting should be determined by the independent umpire, namely, the Fair Work Commission. Interestingly enough, that is exactly what the Productivity Commission, in its draft recommendation—and I accept that it is only a draft at this stage—said that this matter should be put before the Fair Work Commission for their consideration. Having said that, it is only a draft recommendation and undoubtedly the unions that helped to get you, Senator, into this place, will have views to put to the Productivity Commission. Then, after we have final recommendations from the Productivity Commission, we will determine that which we believe should be taken to the Australian people for a mandate in 2016. When the Productivity Commission—and, might I add, the three commissioners that were appointed— Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order on direct relevance to the question. I have let the minister go on with the background, but the specific question was: does the minister agree with the Prime Minister's view that there is a case for looking again at this issue? The PRESIDENT: I will remind the minister of the question and indicate that he has 25 seconds in which to answer. Senator ABETZ: The three commissioners who were tasked with this were, in fact, commissioners who were appointed under the previous Labor government. Mr Harris himself was appointed with a whole lot of— Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order—again on direct relevance, directly after you drew the attention of the minister to the question. Again, the question was: does the minister agree with the Prime Minister's view that there is a case for looking again at this issue? The PRESIDENT: I will remind the minister that there is one question before him. He has 13 seconds in which to answer the question. Senator ABETZ: As Labor's appointees to the Productivity Commission believed that it was a matter to be looked at, the Prime Minister has quite rightly adopted their approach. (Time expired)