I will take the interjection on 'a bit of fact'. A fact is that a direction was made. A fact is that the Attorney-General never explained adequately why the direction was made. A fact is that this direction came shortly after a big blazing row with Western Australia involving the actions of Mr Gleeson.

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—

Those are all facts, Senator Macdonald. They might be inconvenient facts to you, but they are the facts. They are also the reason—