Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:33): Once again, an unsourced and undated quote. But one thing I do know is that Senator Ketter's party went to the election promising that there would be no carbon tax, then introduced a carbon tax, then went to the 2013 election saying that they had already abolished the carbon tax. Then, when we sought to abolish the carbon tax, Senator Ketter and his colleagues ensured that we could not abolish the carbon tax until such time as the crossbenchers came to the rescue of the Australian people and represented their interests. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Moore, on a point of order? Senator Conroy: Two more question times! The PRESIDENT: Senator Conroy, your colleague is on her feet. Senator Moore: Mr President, I raise a point of order relating to direct relevance to the question, which refers again to a quote. The minister has not referred in any way to the quote in the question. The PRESIDENT: At the commencement of his answer the minister did express some doubt about the quote. I remind the minister of the question. He has 30 seconds in which to answer. Senator ABETZ: When the Labor Party serves up quotes, you have to look at them exceptionally carefully. As we know, Senator Wong, Senator Cameron, Senator Conroy and Senator Carr—and I hope Senator Ketter is not falling for it as well—have a capacity to misquote and distort. The one thing that we know was not distorted was the promise by the Labor Party that there would be no carbon tax. Then they introduced one; then, when they were given the opportunity to repeal the carbon tax, they repudiated the wish of the Australian people. (Time expired)