Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:41): I'm asked a question about policy certainty. I'm asked a question about policy certainty from the coalition. I'm asked a question about policy certainty from the coalition on energy. How many energy policies did they have? Was it one? Was it two? Was it 10? Was it 12? Was it 15? Was it 18? Was it 20? A government senator: Higher! Senator WONG: Was it 22? Oh my goodness, 22 policies! And, surprise, surprise, the market said, 'Well, we don't want to invest when we don't even know what the policy framework is.' We saw dispatchable energy out and we had less energy in; prices started to increase; there was a default market offer with an increase. Guess what their great certain policy response was? 'Let's hide it!' 'I tell you what, I've got a great idea,' said Scotty Morrison and Angus. They all sit there in a room—maybe with this one here, with Senator Birmingham— An opposition senator interjecting— Senator WONG: I'm sorry, Mr Morrison and Mr Taylor. They said: 'We know what we'll do; we'll just hide it. That's what we'll do. That's our great policy response.' Then we come to government and we see the mess and, yes, we are working our way through your mess, which has got worse. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator Birmingham interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left. Senator Birmingham! Minister, please continue. Senator WONG: When we come to government what we discover is a hidden price increase. We discover an energy market which is on the edge. All on top of what is occurring in global energy markets, which Senator Rennick says are irrelevant, but Senator Birmingham stood on this side and told us all about. We will work through this and we will work through this with the states, but nobody on that side can— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Bragg, your first supplementary.