Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:22): Unlike the honourable senator, I will not engage in crass politics— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Senator ABETZ: on the back of the loss of 200 jobs on the west coast of Tasmania. If the honourable senator was genuinely concerned about the mining industry and jobs in the mining industry, she would have ensured the demise of the carbon tax a lot earlier than today. Mr President, as you well know, coming from that region yourself, the state government quite rightly has developed a task force to look into the best possible way to deal with the situation on the west coast. We can undertake the Labor method. The Labor method is: see a problem, throw a bucket of money over it and walk away without any responsibility, and simply say— Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting— Senator ABETZ: You are right, Senator Macdonald: borrow the money to throw over the problem, and then walk away and somehow say, 'We've lived up to our moral obligation.' We as a government will take a very considered approach as to how best to help the west coast community of our home state. In relation to the workers: as I understand, a lot of them, in fact, live in Burnie and the north-west coast, driving in and out. There are also many workers that live in Queenstown, but they do have— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. I thought that, with that time, the minister might have got to my question, but he didn't. So my point of order is on direct relevance. The question was specifically about the extra money and the LEC—the local employment coordinator—position. The senator asked particularly whether that particular process could be put in place, and the minister has not referred to that. The PRESIDENT: The minister was also asked about his involvement in the issue, and the minister has been answering the question. Senator ABETZ: The situation on the west coast was clearly referred to, with the loss of the 200 jobs, and I was addressing— Senator Wong interjecting— Senator ABETZ: how we, as a coordinated force between the government in Hobart and the government in Canberra were going to address the situation. Senator Wong interjecting— Senator ABETZ: Senator Wong continues with her relentless interjections, yet had the audacity this morning to seek to raise a point of order against one of my colleagues. The duplicity of this— (Time expired)