Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:16): First of all, Senator McKim, I reject absolutely and with absolute contempt your suggestion that Australia tortures people. That is disgusting, and I might remind you, Senator McKim, that, when the issue of the offshore processing system was tested in the High Court at the end of last year, the High Court ruled—not as a matter of political controversy but as a matter of fact and a matter of law—that Australia did not operate the Nauru detention centre. That is the law. That is what the High Court has said. Senator McKim: Mr President, I raise a point of order on relevance. What the Attorney has done is set up a straw man here, and then he is furiously knocking it down. But, in fact, the question was very clear: has Papua New Guinea asked Australia to resettle genuine refugees, as publicly stated by the PNG foreign minister yesterday, and what is the Australian government doing to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru? The question did not contain an assertion that Australia was torturing anybody. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator McKim. Your question did have a serious implication which Senator Brandis also addressed, so he was relevant to that portion of the question. Senator Brandis has been in order. Senator BRANDIS: As to the statement by the foreign minister from New Guinea, I have not seen it, so I will not be commenting on statements attributed to someone by you that I have not seen. The PRESIDENT: Senator McKim, a final supplementary question.