Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:23): No, I can't confirm that. But what I can confirm is that this government is doing more than the previous Labor government ever did to deal with the issue of energy prices for Australians. Never was that more clearly revealed, Senator McAllister, than when your shadow minister, Mr Mark Butler, last week revealed, accepted, confessed that it was as a result of the Labor government's decision not to regulate the export of gas from the Australian market that Australian energy prices have increased. One of the reasons why Australian energy prices have increased, as your own shadow minister has conceded, is a mistaken decision made by your government to allow unregulated exports of gas from the Australian gas fields. Now, Senator McAllister— Senator Wong: It's always someone else's fault. Senator BRANDIS: Senator Wong, let me take your interjection. Let me run you through, Senator Wong, some of the RET measures that the Australian government has taken to ensure that there is downward pressure on energy prices. First of all, we haven't repeated the mistake that you now admit that you made in deregulating the export of gas. We have regulated the export of gas to ensure that that resource is available to Australian consumers before it is available to overseas consumers. Secondly, Senator McAllister, the Prime Minister and the minister for energy have intervened directly with the energy suppliers to ensure transparency in their billing to Australian consumers. All Australian consumers can now be reassured that they will have transparency in their billing so that they can be on the cheapest plan possible. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator McAllister, a supplementary question.