Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:47): I suspect that the workings of cabinet will be something that Senator Sterle will never experience, either shadow or government. I indicate to the honourable senator that, of course, we will not be commenting on matters that may or may not occur in cabinet. I do note that, when Senator Sterle sat on this side of the chamber, the cabinet basically could have been put into a little motor vehicle with two in the front and two in the back. It was a cabinet of four, and all the other cabinet ministers used to comment and leak about that fact, saying that they had been cut out of the equation and were not part of the decision making. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Conroy: I rise on a point of order on relevance. The question was very succinct. I ask you to draw the minister's attention to the question, rather than him attacking individuals who are asking questions, when the people he really wants to attack are sitting behind him. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order, Senator Conroy. The minister has addressed the heart of the question directly. Minister. Senator ABETZ: The responsibility of a cabinet is to provide good government to this country, and that is what we are seeking to do by getting on with the business of creating jobs. We have created 336,000 jobs, four times the rate of job creation in the last year of the Labor government. We are growing our economy and jobs in Australia at a faster rate than the United States, the United Kingdom, the G7 and New Zealand. Having said that, we do need to do more. We will not rest on our laurels, but, rather than dealing in the gossip columns of newspapers, as Senator Sterle and his colleague do, we actually get on with the business of government, creating a future for northern Australia, creating a dynamic future for the agricultural sector, ensuring that our renewable energy target and our commitments internationally are world leading yet economically responsible. They are the matters that we devote ourselves to, unlike those on the other side.