Cormann, Sen Mathias

Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:30): Senator Sterle is misrepresenting what was actually put to me by way of question. I can confirm that, contrary to public reports, I was not the architect. Obviously preference arrangements—certainly in the Liberal Party—are a matter for the party organisation, and that is the way it was handled on this occasion. The PRESIDENT: Senator Sterle, do you have a final supplementary question?