Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management) (14:16): We know that Senator McKenzie and a number of her colleagues have a bit of an obsession with the Victorian Premier and that for years now they have traduced his reputation in this chamber with the hope of winning seats in Victoria, but all they ever do is go backwards. We are all interested in the goings-on in the Victorian Liberal Party, because that weeping sore of a branch— The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt, please resume your seat. Senator McKenzie? Senator McKenzie: I rise on a point of order on relevance to the question. It was a very simple question about the airport rail link in Melbourne and who decided it would be subjected to the review. I didn't want a treatise on the Premier. The PRESIDENT: I remind all senators: there is no need to repeat the question. I will draw Minister Watt to the question. Senator WATT: I know this might be hard for Senator McKenzie and the National Party to understand, but the Labor Party doesn't operate in a way where our party president dictates what happens in infrastructure programs. I know that is what happens in the Liberal Party and the National Party. You get the faceless men out there coming in and telling you what to do—'fund this project and fund that project'. The PRESIDENT: Order across the chamber! Senator Ayres interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ayres, I just called the Senate to order. Minister Watt, please continue. Senator WATT: As I say, we don't operate on the basis of the coalition, where we have outside political intermediaries dictating what we should do. Senator Birmingham: I rise on a point of order on the matter of direct relevance. The question was very clear. It went to whether it was the Prime Minister, the Premier or the minister who interfered. The minister has had his fun for 46 seconds now, but, in the remaining 14 seconds, I urge you to draw him to the question and encourage him to be directly relevant to it and give a clear answer. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Birmingham. I will again refer the minister to the question. Senator WATT: Well, what I am trying to do, in rejecting the premise of the question, is point out that we operate differently. We operate on the basis of delivering projects that have been funded, that have business cases, that can be delivered rather than making announcements. The PRESIDENT: Senator McKenzie, a second supplementary?