Senator LUDWIG (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery) (15:03): We take these matters seriously, and a response to your question will be made in due course. I suspect you are going to take note of my answer, but the opposition are now using this process to extend the time— Senator Cormann: Well, you're not answering questions! Senator Payne: If you answered questions, we wouldn't have to! Senator LUDWIG: There is a lot of yelling from those opposite, but we can move to taking note and it is an appropriate time to do that. You will otherwise delay your own side and ours from taking note. I have provided an answer in relation to this question—that, as soon as we can provide the answer to the question, then I will seek a response from Senator Conroy. Senator Conroy is not here at the moment to be able to respond. I do understand that you have given notice, but nonetheless I am taking the opportunity to make the point. I understand it is your right to raise it, but I do think that it is, in a limited way— Senator Abetz: This isn't a point of order. You don't have to talk to wind down the clock! Senator LUDWIG: No, no. It is, in a limited way, a response. However, I do note that in using this— Senator Brandis: The government has set a new low! Senator LUDWIG: The only low is the one you set today, Senator Brandis.