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) (14:12): I welcome the opportunity to talk about the Albanese government's plan to fix the budget and to deliver on our promises. We have made it clear, and we made it clear during the election campaign, that our focus would be on multinational tax reform. We outlined that in our plan for a better budget. We were clear about the revenue this would return. We were also clear about the savings that we would seek to put in place to fix the budget that you broke. That is clear in our—what would we call it?—'Better budget, better economy: Labor's plan for a better future.' This is the plan that got endorsed. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Henderson? Senator Hend erson: Thank you, Madam President. On a point of order, I ask that the minister direct her comments through the chair. The PRESIDENT: There was so much disorder then. I think the minister was, apart from one interjection. I remind senators once again that interjections are disorderly and that comments need to be directed to the chair. Please continue, Minister. Senator GALLAGHER: Thank you, President, I was just getting started. We will not be lectured—when you lot were in government you were the highest taxing and highest spending government in history. And here you are trying to lecture us about it. We've been clear about what our plan is. Our focus is on multinational tax reform. You could also support our approach to reduce taxes on electric vehicles. We actually want to lower taxes. The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham? Senator Birmingham: President, I have a point of order on relevance. Senator Cash's question was very clear, asking about tax increases or new taxes on Australians. It wasn't about multinationals; it was about taxes on Australians. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Birmingham. I would ask senators when they call points of order to please be brief. I'll call the minister. I do believe she is being relevant. Senator G ALLAGHER: The point I was making, and I have made, is that our focus will be on multinational tax reform. Our focus in the budget will be implementing the commitments we took that formed part of Labor's plan for a better future. We won't be lectured by those about taxes— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator GALLAGHER: How about you support our proposal to lower taxes. How about that? We thought you liked lower taxes. Lower taxes on electric vehicles—how about that? How about you support that? We're trying to lower taxes. That's a priority and you guys won't have a bar of it. You want to keep them high. Senator Henderson: I regret to have to raise this point of order again, but just a reminder to direct her comments through the chair, please. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Henderson. I will remind those particularly on my left that interjections are disorderly. There are a lot of interjections coming from the left. I remind all senators that those are disorderly. I'll remind the minister that her comments need to be directed to the chair. Senator GALLAGHER: Of course I will follow that ruling. We won't be lectured by those opposite about taxing when their record on taxing was as the highest taxing government. We are doing the responsible thing. We will be implementing the commitments we took to the election. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cash, a first supplementary?