Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:04): Mr President, you have got to love the audacity of the former Minister for Climate Change, who went to an election with Mr Rudd whom she then knifed and knifed again and then knifed Julia Gillard—I forget all the variances in this. But I distinctly remember a very strong promise: there will be no carbon tax. Indeed, Senator Wong was on the public record telling us why a carbon tax was so bad and then all of a sudden she came in here championing the cause of a carbon tax and voting for it. And then what is worse— Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order: relevance to this particular question. It was about a statement made by the Prime Minister. Senator Abetz was asked to say whether the Prime Minister stands by that statement. The PRESIDENT: The minister has been addressing the question. I call the minister. Senator ABETZ: And then when the Labor Party finally had the opportunity of standing by its election promise of not introducing or getting rid of the carbon tax, what did they do? For nine months they held out to stop the repeal of the carbon tax. Of course we stand by our election promises.