Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management) (14:04): What matters here is that the government is taking action to fix this problem. Government senators interjecting— Senator WATT: I have barely started answering the question. The PRESIDENT: Senator Paterson, on a point of order? Senator Paterson: Madam President, it's on direct relevance. The minister is right that he had barely started answering the question, but he indicated in his first few words that he is not going to attempt to engage in the question, which is: when did the government first become aware? The PRESIDENT: Senator Paterson, the minister had just got to his feet. You have reminded him of the question. Senator WATT: The government first became aware of the High Court's decision and the implications that flowed from it when the High Court delivered their decision, and, as I've said before, they haven't delivered their reasons yet. Notwithstanding that, we have moved expeditiously to fix this issue. We've invited the opposition to help us with this, but all they've continued to do all week is to play politics with the issue. What we've seen from Mr Dutton, in usual form, is him trying to play politics and trying to divide people rather than working constructively with the government to try to find a solution. We know that is the way he operates. We know that is the way the coalition operates, rather than actually working constructively to deal with the High Court decision that overturned 20 years of precedent and that now needs to be fixed, and we're committed to fixing it. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Minister Watt. Senator Paterson, second supplementary?