Senator SCULLION (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (15:29): In the short time I have, I will say that, no, I don't support the motion. But I would like to reflect on some of the opening remarks that have been made. I think it's an insight into the character of the Labor Party. You can recall Senator Wong—arrogant, derisive, sneering: 'What's Senator Scullion doing at this end? What's Nigel doing here?' I'm not really sure what sort of reflection that was—probably a personal reflection. But it's more likely, 'He's from the Territory,' or, 'He's from the bush—he shouldn't really be here.' They're the sorts of reflections. Or maybe it's, 'He's from the National Party.' Maybe that was the reflection. The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Scullion. Senator Collins on a point of order. Senator Jacinta Collins: The point of order is that the reflections that Senator Scullion is talking about are simply questions about why he's not sitting on National benches and why he was brought forward into Liberal benches, and questions about whether he has moved into the Liberal Party. There was no sneering or arrogance or rudeness in way he's suggested. The PRESIDENT: Senator Collins, I've let you explain that point. That is a matter for debate—as long as people aren't making inappropriate reflections on one another. I'll call Senator Scullion to continue. Senator SCULLION: I was standing, so I understand exactly what was said and the manner in which it was said. Perhaps it was that I'm not as important; I'm only the Minister for Indigenous Affairs. That's perhaps what it is. Penny was actually a minister of the day for finance—and we can all remember how that went. Senator Wong was left with a glory box: $20 billion in the bank, $6 billion in an education fund— Senator McCarthy: A point of order, Mr President: could the minister refer to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate in the appropriate manner, please. The PRESIDENT: That is an appropriate point of order. I missed it if it was inappropriate. People should refer to each other by their titles. Senator SCULLION: We had a $6 billion education infrastructure fund, another multibillion-dollar telecommunications fund, and nobody knew where it went—it's all gone. One of the great records of those opposite, driven by their leader, who drips scorn and derision on ordinary people—which is the dark heart of the Labor Party—is that they had a record debt. That was their race to debt—$240 billion in debt. And, let me tell you, at that trajectory, we would have reached a trillion dollars in debt. So I don't particularly like being lectured by those opposite about what sort of a hierarchical place we might have in life. In every single thing we hear from the other side, you'd reckon that regional and rural Australia didn't even exist. Look at the things we've done for drought relief and at our record investment in infrastructure. We now have 21st century communications. We have doctors and health professionals in the regions. We have the effects test. We have the country-of-origin labelling. We've had decentralisation. We're supporting agricultural industries with tax relief. We're backing the mining, resources and energy industries. We are governing this country. We are governing this country in a much better way than you would ever dream of. So, if there are any crocodile tears about dysfunction because someone's changing leaders and it's not a pretty sight, then those are just crocodile tears. To those people who ask, 'Who is the Prime Minister?' I can assure you it's not the member for Grayndler or Sydney or Blaxland or McMahon or Lindsay, and most importantly it won't be the member for Maribyrnong.