Mr BOWEN (McMahon—Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) (14:56): I thank the honourable member for his question. Such is his interest in this matter that he wrote to me on Thursday and, funnily enough, he also released details to the journalists in the press gallery at a very similar time as writing to me. Such is his public interest concern in this particular case. In relation to my powers under the character test and the public interest test I will conduct myself in the same way as I have in the other 38 cases that I have personally considered and I will— Mr Morrison: I rise on a point of order in terms of specific relevance. I asked whether he had considered this specific case. Has he considered this specific case, and if not, why not? If so, what was the outcome? The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The minister has the call and will refer to the question before the chair. Mr BOWEN: I conduct myself in relation to the character test in accordance with my responsibilities under the act. To do otherwise would be to open the Commonwealth to potential overturning of the decision and a potential very serious compensation case, as the honourable member for Menzies well remembers. Opposition members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Cook is warned.