Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:17): I have essentially dealt with the substantive part of that question in my answer to the first question. Of course, Senator Fifield very eloquently answered the substantive part of that question in his answers. I might again say to Senator Singh— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Wong on a point of order. Senator Wong: Mr President. The question dealt with the consistency with the GBE guidelines, for which this minister is responsible, and the letter he chose to write asking a GBE to cost a policy which the government had ruled out. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order, Senator Wong. The question was, could the minister advise the Senate in relation to a request made. In a previous answer he has refuted that that request was made, and he again rejected the premise of the question. Senator CORMANN: Unlike the Labor Party when they were in government, unlike the Labor Party when they initiated this NBN fiasco when they were in government, we are actually going through proper, orderly processes. We are encouraging our government business enterprises to prudently and properly assess all of the various options that might be available. I would just remind you of TheAustralian Financial Review editorial which I believe was published today. Labor has no credibility— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Wong, on a point of order? The PRESIDENT: Mr President, I raise a point of order on direct relevance. He has been asked how his actions were consistent with the GBE guidelines. The PRESIDENT: That was the second part of the question. I wrote the question down as it was asked, and it commenced by asking, could he advise the Senate about requesting nbn co. That was the commencement. Senator Wong interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, I do not need you to repeat— Senator Wong interjecting— The PRESIDENT: The minister rejected the premise of the question up front. That is also the basis of my ruling. Senator CORMANN: Let me say it again very slowly: all of our actions were entirely consistent with the guidelines. Labor's criticism is pretty extraordinary— (Time expired)