Senator CHRIS EVANS (Western Australia—Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:23): Thank you, Mr President. I am glad to see you are not impersonating Senator Parry; you have far too much hair! I thank the senator for her question. The key point to make is that the Houston committee reported to parliament the result of their extensive inquiry to try to find an appropriate response to the increase in boat arrivals we have seen in the last couple of years. It is the case that the government, following that report, endorsed its recommendations. It is true to say that some of those recommendations were not easy for either of the major parties in this place to support, but, given the strength of the report and the fact that they came up with what they see as an integrated and comprehensive response which focuses on a regional cooperation and protection framework, the government has brought legislation— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Hanson-Young is entitled to hear the answer without interjections from my left. Senator CHRIS EVANS: The government seeks to give legislative effect to the Houston report. Those amendments will come before— Senator Joyce interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Joyce, after I had asked for silence you deliberately carried on and that caused another person to interject. Interjections on both sides are disorderly—let me make that point. Senator Hanson-Young is entitled to hear the answer to her question without other senators intervening across the chamber to carry on their own discussion. Senator CHRIS EVANS: That package will come to the Senate either later today or early tomorrow and we will have a chance to debate that legislation. It is important to understand that one of the key points former CDF Houston and the committee made is that this is a question of being hard-headed, not hard-hearted, and that there should be no single focus for policymaking but rather an attempt to find an integrated strategy that deals with the issues we are facing but also maintains Australia's reputation as a nation generous towards refugees. (Time expired)