Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:03): Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the undignified spectacle of the free character assessments by Labor ministers of each other in recent days, can the Leader of the Government in the Senate confirm that those assessments were sincere, heartfelt and honest, including that by Mr Rudd of the Prime Minister that she had lost the trust of the Australian people?