Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:01): Thank you very much for that question, especially on a day where the House has just censured the former Prime Minister for dual— Opposition senators interjec ting— Senator WONG: I'm happy to take the questions! Nine years, you had—nine years! Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister Wong, please resume your seat. Order! Senator Cash! Senator Henderson! Senator Dean Smith: That is so 46th Parliament! The PRESIDENT: Senator Dean Smith! Minister Wong, please continue. Senator WONG: I will take that interjection. You're right; the parliament under you was a parliament which was not respected. The Westminster system does actually require ministers to be accountable through the parliament to the Australian people. Who was the accountable minister in that place? Mr Morrison and another! So don't come in here telling Australians you care about accountability when they saw nine years of cover-up, saw nine years of sports rorts, saw nine years where you refused the basic standards of probity— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister Wong, please resume your seat. Order on my left! Your leader has asked a question. I cannot hear the response. Minister Wong, please continue. Senator WONG: I remind those opposite of some of their standards of accountability: changing the law to hide significant energy price increases from the Australian people until after the election; refusing to release the State of the environment report because it contained too much damning proof that the environment was in a poor and deteriorating state; and, of course—something that was refused to be answered in estimates—all the sports rorts questions, which, in estimates, you never answered. As those opposite would know— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, please resume your seat. Order on my left! Senator McKenzie interjecting— The PRESIDEN T: Senator McKenzie! I've called the chamber to order. I expect to be able to hear the minister in relative quiet and to stop yelling louder than the minister is speaking. Minister, please continue. Senator WONG: I knew Harry Evans and I had a lot of respect for him. I would remind those opposite that additional estimates statements are associated with MYEFO. We have had a budget and we are having estimates associated with the budget. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham, your first supplementary question.