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) (14:13): Thank you, Senator Smith. Yes, I can. Our budget begins the hard task of budget repair. We are fixing the budget. Let's just remember what we inherited— Honourable senators int erjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister Gallagher, please resume your seat. I'm going to wait for quiet until I ask the minister to continue her answer. Minister Gallagher. Senator GALLAGHER: So we're repairing the budget, which was left with deficits as far as the eye could see, and debt increasing. Remember that? We had double the debt before the pandemic. We are the first government in a long time to take the issue of budget repair seriously. We have found $22 billion in savings, and redirected spending. We're still managing, against that backdrop, to invest in hospitals, in aged care and in child care and to support our progress towards gender equality. We're investing more in the NDIS, deepening relations in the Pacific and making sure that we're equipping Defence to respond to some of the challenges that they are facing. We are managing to do all of this while finding $22 billion in savings to start to repair the budget that you left in tatters. (Time expired) Opposition sena tors interjecting— The PRESIDENT: When you're finished, Senator Hume and Senator Henderson. You've got a member of your own side on her feet.