Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:48): Obviously I can't give an answer in relation to the state of mind of another individual, but what we do know is that Mr Taylor at all times appropriately disclosed his private interests, consistent with the rules as they apply in the House of Representatives. The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Cormann. Senator McAllister, on a point of order. Senator McAllister: Yes. I go to relevance. I have asked specifically whether or not the Treasurer was aware of this. It is a question of fact, and the minister can't dismiss or ignore the direct question about the knowledge of the Treasurer at that time. The PRESIDENT: Senator McAllister, I think, to be fair, the minister did directly answer that part of the question in his first couple of sentences, and he is entitled to be directly relevant to that or a remainder of the question. Senator CORMANN: Honestly, this is just a continuation of this attempted smear by Labor. This is against a hardworking local member and hardworking minister. But the truth is that Minister Taylor has declared all of his interests, consistent with the requirements in the House of Representatives and consistent with the way interests are declared by those opposite. He also stood up for his constituents in pursuing a policy issue that had been raised with him by farmers across his electorate—indeed, as documented by National Farmers Federation in a widely publicised piece of correspondence. It has been very clear, and no amount of smearing attempted by the Labor Party has been able to show, that Minister Taylor in any way raised matters that he shouldn't have raised. Minister Taylor has always made it clear that he did not raise compliance matters, as he shouldn't. The Labor Party, at no point, has been able to show that the minister was wrong in those statements. The PRESIDENT: Senator McAllister, a supplementary question.