Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:00): I should congratulate the minister on his second last day in the Senate for giving the only directly relevant answer I have heard from the government. Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! I need to hear Senator Brandis. Senator BRANDIS: I could not get the question out because of all the jollity. Could you ask for the clock to be reset, please? The PRESIDENT: Yes, that is reasonable in the circumstances. Senator Brandis, continue. Senator BRANDIS: Thank you very much. I refer to Mr Bob Carr's statement early this afternoon confirming that the Prime Minister offered him the minister's Senate seat and the foreign affairs portfolio and the Prime Minister's statement earlier this morning that the report to that effect in this morning's Australian newspaper was 'completely untrue'. Who is telling the truth, the Prime Minister or Mr Bob Carr?