Senator STERLE (Western Australia) (14:26): Mr President, my question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Cash. I refer to the minister's previous answer in the Senate yesterday that: … what occurred on the MV Portland, that is a matter for the company—nothing more and nothing less. If what occurred on the MV Portland is a matter for the company, why were the minister's department and the minister's office given advanced notice of the plan to replace the Australian crew of the vessel with a foreign crew?