Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:00): The Deputy Prime Minister never said that about any job loss in this country. The Deputy Prime Minister is a man who is dedicated, along with the rest of the government team, to doing everything possible to grow job opportunities for our fellow Australians. In relation to the Alexander Spirit of which the honourable senator speaks, what she does not tell the Australian people or the Senate is that this ship has come from a foreign port and is delivering into Australia. It is not engaged in coastal trading. That is where Senator Urquhart, along with her friends from the Maritime Union of Australia, seeks to mislead the Australian people. If any ship has replaced its crew with a foreign crew, and if what Senator Urquhart says is correct, do you know under what law it was done? It was done under the laws that the Labor Party and Greens forced through this place without proper debate and discussion. It is being done under Labor-Green laws. Indeed two of the ships, including the Alexander Spirit, even when it was engaged in coastal trading— Senator Moore: On a point of order, Mr President: the question asked was: 'What is the government doing to prevent the future loss of Australian seafaring jobs?' That was the core question. The PRESIDENT: The question had a second part about the Deputy Prime Minister, Senator Moore, which the minister has answered. He has 28 seconds to complete his answer. Senator ABETZ: What we are very concerned about is that, within the coastal shipping laws foisted upon this country by the previous Labor-Green government, there are elements that are prejudicing jobs in the cement industry, in the sugar industry and in all sorts of industries. Senator Cameron: Rubbish! Absolute rubbish! Senator ABETZ: Senator Cameron foolishly interjects, as he always does. To get sugar from Bundaberg to Melbourne you face shipping costs that are higher than if you were shipping from Thailand. (Time expired)