Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:39): I thank Senator Hughes for the question. Again, they're leading with their chin on a matter around energy policy. The first question was on wages policy, the deliberate design feature of the economic architecture. The third one is on energy policy. How many was it? Twenty-two. And they didn't land one of them. Twenty-two in nine years, they didn't land one of them, and what have we got now? An energy crisis! The PRESIDENT: Senator Hughes? Senator Hughes: A point of order: direct relevance. The question was around bills being cut to families and businesses, and a promise from Treasury that that would occur, not around climate policy. This was about cutting bills. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Hughes. Senator Wong: Really! The PRESIDENT: Senator Hughes, resume your seat. Senator Hughes: Yes. It is actually a separate thing. No wonder we are in trouble! The PRESIDENT: I would ask Minister Wong—Senator Hughes! Senators. I would ask senators not to argue across the table, Minister Wong and Senator Hughes. The minister is being relevant. She is talking about the price of electricity. I will listen carefully to the rest of— An honourable senator interjecting— The PRESIDENT: The senator, Senator Hughes, stood up and called a point of order. It is not for other senators to interject. I've made my decision. I've indicated I will listen carefully to the minute and 31 seconds remaining, and if the minister isn't being relevant I will direct her to the question. Minister Gallagher. Senator GALLAGHER: The senator asked me whether the government would guarantee Australians lower power prices, and, yes, we will. We will! We will put downward pressure on energy prices, absolutely, because we are doing exactly what we said we would do. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister, resume your seat, please. Senator Hughes, unless— Senator Cash interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cash. I sat the minister down because I couldn't hear her answers. I will wait until there's quiet in the chamber before I call the minister again. Minister Gallagher. Senator GALLAGHER: We will lower power prices by implementing the Powering Australia plan, which we took to the election, which was our one-and-only plan compared to their 22 plans that they didn't implement in nine years. We will take the plan—and the absolute gall of the opposition, when we know that the member for Hume, two days before the election was called, actually amended the industry code for electrical retailers, on 6 April, to delay the release of increases in the default market offer for New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. That's what your government did. Two days before the election was called you hid the increase of electricity prices. You hid it! Not only did you not try to sweep it under, you amended the industry code so that people didn't know before the election. That's what you did. Now we will clean up this mess. We will implement powering Australia— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Hughes, first supplementary?