Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:08): I dealt with these issues yesterday. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator GALLAGHER: Yes, I did. I did deal with them. It may not have been to your satisfaction, but I dealt with them in a way that I am going to deal with them, which is the statement that I made, and I will go back to that, and the fact that I was given information from a young woman who made a serious allegation about something horrific that had happened to her in this workplace, allegedly—I accept that; allegedly— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator GALLAGHER: There was something, allegedly, that occurred in this workplace, in this building between two Liberal staffers in a Liberal minister's office. The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. The minister is on her feet answering, and there are constant interjections across the chamber, all of which are disorderly. Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: As I said yesterday, I was provided with that information in the days leading up to that information, or stories, becoming public. But it wasn't my story. It was Ms Higgins's story, and she had asked me to keep that information confidential, which I did. I don't intend— Senator Ruston interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, your constant interjections are disorderly and disrespectful. Senator Ruston interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston! Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: I don't intend to breach that confidence now, and I didn't then. I have been approached in the last 24 hours by women— Opposition senators interjecting— Th e PRESIDENT: Order! Senator GALLAGHER: I treated that information in the way that I treat all information that comes to me and is asked to be kept confidential—as I would hope everybody in this building does when people approach them with information and ask them to keep it confidential. I treated this information exactly the same way. And I would say that I have been contacted and I'm sure plenty of people in this place have been contacted by women who are extremely concerned with how this discussion is occurring— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Payne, a first supplementary?