Senator CHRIS EVANS (Western Australia—Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:23): I think the Australian public will conclude that the opposition have nothing to say about the great public policy debates, have nothing to say about them at all. All they have is shadow spokesmen desperate for a headline coming into the parliament and trying to slur anybody up. The more desperate they get, the wilder the accusation and the higher the target. But they have nothing to say about the MRRT—they are silent. They do not want to talk about sharing in the mining resources boom. They do not want to talk about the issues of importance to Australia. Senator Brandis: Mr President, I raise a point of order on two grounds: relevance and debating the question. It was a broad question but the answer does not even approach the topic of the question. Not even the topic of the question is being addressed in the answer. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order there. The question was a broad question indeed. The minister has 23 seconds remaining to answer the question. Senator CHRIS EVANS: I will have to add to the condition of the opposition that of a glass jaw. They want to slur up the Prime Minister, they want to slur up everyone they possibly can, but when called to account they say, 'Oh, please don't attack us.' Grow up. Get some backbone. Why don't you ask some policy questions? Why don't you focus on issues of interest to Australians rather than dredging through the gutter? (Time expired)