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) (14:20): I think the best way to answer this question is to say I completely reject the assertions put in the question. I reject the assertion that there was no cost-of-living relief in the budget. If you've read the budget you'll have read about the investments that we are making in cheaper child care, in renewable energy and in free TAFE—as some of those investments. Also, I would say: look at the more than $32 billion in increased payments through pensions and other payments through the social security system, the biggest increase to assist— Senator Henderson: That was a CPI increase. That's indexed. You can't take credit for that. Senator GALLAGHER: And the reason, Senator Henderson—I hear you yelling at me and interjecting—that those payments have increased so considerably is to assist lower-income households with those increased costs of living, largely driven by the increases in energy prices that you hid before the change of government. So the reference to cost-of-living relief— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Henderson? Senator Henderson: A point of order: would you ask the senator to please direct her comments through the chair. Thank you. The PRESIDENT: She is doing that, Senator Henderson. Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: Thank you. Perhaps if Senator Henderson stopped interjecting then we wouldn't be in a position where we had to respond to those interjections. In terms of infrastructure—and Senator Van's question went to infrastructure—the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government has gone through the infrastructure portfolio very carefully to identify projects where sensible investments can be made—that meet tests such as, for example, having a business case anywhere near the project; there are some projects that were funded under your government, when you were in power, that didn't have that piece of work underpinning them—and to work through, with Infrastructure Australia, the business case that the Victorian government has done. I know that Minister King is working with Infrastructure Australia on that. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Van, first supplementary?