Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:39): Senator Cameron, I have to point out to you that the Fair Work Commission's decision or award was delivered on 23 February. So, when the Prime Minister was asked on 17 March whether he supported a decision of the Fair Work Commission, of course he did, as you ought to have done, Senator, and as every member of this parliament ought to support the decisions of an independent umpire—established, by the way, as I have pointed out ad nauseam this week, by your side of politics to be an independent arbiter. I might say that Mr Shorten, in advance of the decision of the Fair Work Commission— The PRESIDENT: Order! Pause the clock. Senator Cameron on a point of order. Senator Cameron: Thank you, Mr President—on relevance. This did not ask whether the Prime Minister supported the decision; it was whether the Prime Minister supported cuts to penalty rates, as he conceded on 17 March. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron, you did ask the Attorney-General whether he would finally concede the point, and the answer that the Attorney-General has been giving is indicating he is not conceding the point that you have asked. The Attorney-General is directly relevant. Senator BRANDIS: The Prime Minister said what he said, and the point I am making through you, Mr President, to Senator Cameron is that what the Prime Minister was saying was that he was supporting a decision made some four weeks earlier by the Fair Work Commission, as ought all members of parliament. People can have their views about whether they would have wished the decision to be otherwise than it was, but what no member of parliament has the option to do is to say, 'We refuse to accept or to support the decision of an independent umpire.' It is particularly implausible and unimpressive coming from the lips of Labor senators who actually established this body for the very purpose of being an independent umpire. If you establish a body—an arbitral tribunal—to be an independent umpire, you are bound to accept its decisions, as the Prime Minister indicated, in the interview which you have referenced, that he did. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron, a supplementary question.