Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Leader of the Government in Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:14): I reject the premise of the question and I refer the senator to the statements that have been made by the Prime Minister on the public record— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, on a point of order? Senator Wong: There is a direct question about the Prime Minister providing notes or the transcript of the call. I ask the minister be directly relevant to that. If he isn't, it will be apparent. The PRESIDENT: The question contained, as I recall, a relatively extensive preamble. The minister is entitled to reject or otherwise agree with assertions contained in preambles to questions. He is being directly relevant. Senator CORMANN: Thank you very much, Mr President. I just say to the Australian people again: there is one letter from a political opponent sent to New South Wales police—a partisan, politically-motivated letter from the Labor Party, which couldn't convince the Australian people to elect them into government—which is now being used by the Labor Party. One letter—a politically-motivated, partisan letter from a political opponent which the Labor Party is now hanging its head on. The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator O'Neill, on a point of order? Senator O'Neill: My point of order goes to direct relevance. The question is very simple: will the Prime Minister make public any transcript or notes taken during his phone call with New South Wales Police Commissioner Fuller. There was no other question, Mr President. That was it. The PRESIDENT: Senator O'Neill, I made my rulings prior to this. I ask senators, when they're raising points of order, to not simply restate but make the point about direct relevance. Senator Wong interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, I'm ruling. Senator Cormann is entitled to address the preamble as much as he is entitled to address the question. Senator Cormann. Senator CORMANN: Thank you very much, Mr President. The Prime Minister made an undertaking to the House of Representatives yesterday. He fulfilled that undertaking and he reported back to the House of Representatives. This is just a politically motivated Labor Party smear—nothing more, nothing less.