Senator BOB CARR (New South Wales—Minister for Foreign Affairs) (14:07): I think this is testing my ingenuity. I can report to the Senate. No wonder they got him to ask it after her performance yesterday, when she had to back off and apologise and withdraw. I might say, Senator, that I accept your apology. Because it was given with a teary-eyed regret, it would be ungallant of me not to. The PRESIDENT: Senator Bob Carr, I have asked you to address the question in so much as it applies to your portfolio. Senator BOB CARR: Mr President, I was providing some background observations to the Senate because I cannot see how it applies to my portfolio. I have had many discussions with heads of state and heads of government, and in all these discussions Australia's reputation as a place of good governance has been reinforced implicitly and sometimes explicitly. I think all senators can unite in pride at the reputation that this country has for good government. That is my best effort to relate that jumbled and muddled and embarrassing question to any matter I have dealt with. But I do hope that questions continue to be as well researched and as tested by the Leader of the Opposition— (Time expired)