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) (14:18): I think they've set Senator Smith up here, because, on the one hand we've had arguments to spend $3 billion more over six months for petrol excise and, on the other hand, I'm being asked that if we're spending more whether that's going put pressure on interest rates. The PRESIDENT: Minister, please assume your seat. Senator Dean Smith, a point of order. Senator Dean Smith: Thank you, Madam President—it's on standing order 211. I was very, very specific: I wanted to know whether or not there was a risk that the government's spending would mean that its monetary policy would end up working against fiscal policy here. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Smith. I believe that the minister is being directly relevant, but let's continue with her response. Minister. Senator GALLA GHER: Thank you, President. Well, the opposition's policies would be working against monetary policy, I'd have to say—or, as I understand them. I'm not sure who's got the power at the moment. But this question comes from the highest-spending, highest-borrowing government in Australia's history. That's what you guys were. My job is to try to fix that: to rebalance the budget, end the rorts, tidy up the waste, get rid of the waste, find the savings where I can find them and invest in the productive side of the economy, which is absolutely in line, hand-in-hand, with monetary policy if you are investing in the productive side of the economy and putting downward pressure on the inflation and interest rates that we inherited from you lot!