Senator IAN MACDONALD (Queensland) (14:45): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I ask the minister why did he deliberately mislead the Senate in saying that no submission had been made by the Queensland government to the federal government, when I have a copy of the letter here that I can table? Secondly, Minister, what do you propose to do about the 300,000 head of cattle that are about to die a horrible death because of your live cattle ban and the natural events of bushfires and drought? What are you going to do about those cattle to give them feed? The PRESIDENT: Senator Macdonald, you will need to withdraw the imputation contained in the question. Senator IAN MACDONALD: Mr President, did you mean the bit where I said 'why did he deliberately mislead the Senate'? The PRESIDENT: Yes. Senator IAN MACDONALD: Okay. Can I rephrase it? The PRESIDENT: Yes, you can, but you need to withdraw that. Senator IAN MACDONALD: I withdraw that and I will replace it with: why did you just tell the Senate that the Queensland government had not made a submission when you should have known, as I have here a copy of the submission by the Queensland government to the Gillard government about this issue? I will repeat the second part of my question: what are you going to do about those 300,000 live cattle— Government senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Order! Senator Macdonald, you have withdrawn. When there is silence we will proceed.