Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (15:05): Again, by innuendo you are trying to smear an honourable man's reputation. You point to nothing in your primary question or your supplementary question to suggest that Mr Robb has not been compliant. If you have any evidence whatever to bring to the chamber that Mr Robb has not been compliant with any obligation in the pursuit of his post-ministerial career, then please present it; but if you have not— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron, a point of order? Senator Cameron: Mr President, Senator Brandis should address his remarks to the chair. He should not harangue and bully a fellow senator in the way he is attempting to do now. Government senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senators on my right, your behaviour is not becoming. In relation to the point of order, I do take note that a number of senators do speak directly to senators across the chamber. That is disorderly—you are correct—but I dismiss the rest of your point of order. Senator BRANDIS: Through you, Mr President: Senator Cameron, after his inglorious career in the trade union movement, would know all there is to know about being a bully and a thug. Mr President, through you to Senator McCarthy— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Can we all come to order on both sides, particularly on my right. Senator Cameron, you have a further point of order? Senator Cameron: The point of order is that the senator has accused me of being a bully and a thug. He should withdraw. The PRESIDENT: I was listening very closely, Senator Cameron, and the Attorney-General did not accuse you of the actions that you have just depicted. So there is no point of order. As I said, I was listening very carefully, Senator Cameron. Senator Cameron: On the same point of order, Mr President: I would ask you to have a look at the Hansard. It was pretty noisy and you may not have heard exactly what he said. So I would ask you to have a look at Hansard and come back to us on that. Government senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my right! You are not assisting on my right— An opposition senator interjecting— The PRESIDENT: and my left. The Attorney-General was speaking clearly into the microphone. I will review Hansard, and if I need to come back to the chamber, I will. Attorney-General, you have 19 seconds in which to complete your answer. Senator BRANDIS: Mr President, through you to Senator McCarthy: you have pointed to no single fact, circumstance or even grounded suspicion that Mr Andrew Robb is not entirely in compliance with the ministerial code of conduct. If you have an allegation to make, make it; if not, you should not raise this issue. Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.