Senator SCULLION (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (14:56): Mr President, I know Senator O'Sullivan comes from Central Queensland, so perhaps he can have the response in this way: there are three blokes in a pub, and those three blokes are more focused on their own jobs than the cost of electricity for hard working families. 'Blackout Bill', 'Brownout Butler' and 'No Coal Joel'—they're sitting in their corner and they're applauding the closure— The PRESIDENT: A point of order, Senator Wong? Senator Wong: It is extraordinarily childish of the minister to use names in that way. I would ask that he refer to members in the other place by their appropriate titles, rather than engaging in this childish behaviour that seems to have infected the Turnbull cabinet. The PRESIDENT: Senator Brandis, on the point of order? Senator Brandis: This is the Australian parliament after all. We are meant to have a sense of humour. The minister said that he was telling a joke. He is illustrating his joke with three well-known nicknames. He hasn't referred to any member of this house or of another place. He is merely telling a joke in a good Australian vernacular. And, in applying the standing orders, Mr President, might I respectfully submit that you ought to acknowledge that fact. The PRESIDENT: In relation to the point of order, I do take note that technically there is no breach of the standing orders. However, in the context of this week, I think it is obvious to all that those three names reflect on members of the other place. Could I ask the minister, in the absence of— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my right and my left! Senator Wong, you have raised a point of order, and I am ruling on it. In relation to the point of order, Senator Scullion, there is no standing order that specifically rules out of order what you have done. The names that you are referring to are obvious, so, in the interest of satisfying the chamber, I ask that you desist from using those names. Senator Scullion, you have the call. Senator SCULLION: Thank you, Mr President. I'm sure those three blokes in the pub will be terribly offended at what I have to call them now! But what is their solution? They believe in and applaud the closure of Hazelwood. They hope for the closure of Liddell. And what is their solution to this fairytale? Perhaps they'll ask their mate from South Australia. They call him 'Windmill'. Their answer is dirty, expensive diesel generators. But we are working to keep Liddell open and maintain baseload power in this country. We will continue to work hard for families across Australia to put downward pressure on power prices.