Senator BILYK (Tasmania) (15:13): Seriously, give the man a bucket and a hanky! Seriously? The crocodile tears are just beyond humour. It is beyond humour, because that side want to come in here and give us a lecture on transparency! Transparency? I'm still waiting to see Mr Joyce's report from when he was the envoy for whatever he was the envoy for, that he was paid enormous amounts of money for, that nobody has still been able to see. I'm still waiting to see the reports that you don't give us. And what else have we got? Let's talk about transparency from the other side. First of all, we've got the former Attorney-General. On that side, integrity— Senator Birmingham: You do know you won the election, don't you? Senato r BILYK: I beg your pardon? Senator Birmingham: You're the government now. Senator BILYK: I do know we're the government. I know you lost the election. Do you know why you lost the election? Because people knew you were not up to the job. People knew that you didn't care about them. People knew you didn't care about the cost of living. The crocodile tears from over there, and we're spending hours in here because you won't support the industrial relations bill. You won't give low-paid workers a pay rise. You will not give the aged care workers a pay rise. You will not give the early childhood educators a pay rise. Your whole policy on pay rises was to keep wages low. And what do you have? Through you, Deputy President, I don't know if anyone in the gallery ever watched that show To the Manor Born. That's what we have got over there. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Through me, Senator Bilyk, not the gallery. Senator BILYK: I did say through you. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT : I know, but you were talking to the gallery. Senator BILYK: Through you, Deputy President, I will say to those over there, you've watched too much To the Manor Born. You think you are to the manor born. You want to keep wages low. You want to keep people down. Don't come in here and tell us that people won't be able to afford Christmas. We know that because we're cleaning up 10 years of your mess. Ten years of you guys deliberately keeping wages lower. Ten years of you denying low-paid workers an increase. Do you think people are fooled by that? I have early childhood educators in my office, or in my office in Hobart, probably at least twice a month. And I'll tell you, they do not like you guys. I'm quite happy for them not to like you guys. They know that you are blocking this wage rise for them. They know that it is you that are trying to hold Australia back. I've got less than two minutes left and I do want to say something nice at the end. You are the guys that had colour coded spreadsheets. Where is the transparency in that? Don't come in here and talk complete rubbish. People outside this building know you're talking rubbish. They know that it's just a ploy to try and cover up because you're all in denial over there. I don't know how many times—I don't know why you don't put your hands up like this every time someone says, 'Wasn't our fault. We don't have to take responsibility because now you're the government.' Guess what? You spent 10 years buggering up the community, buggering up Australia. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Bilyk, please don't use that term. I find it offensive. Senator BILYK: I'm sorry, Deputy President. I withdraw that. I apologise wholeheartedly. You spent 10 years screwing the people of Australia— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: I'm not sure that's much better. Senator BILYK: Come on! I've heard all sorts of things in this building. Senator Henderson interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Henderson, I'm well aware. I can look after myself, thank you. Senator BILYK: Oh, for heaven's sake. Senator Henderson: I would ask the senator opposite to withdraw that really most offensive word. Senator Bilyk: I did withdraw it. Senator Whish-Wilson: On a point of order, Chair. I can think of much worse descriptors than the one the senator used. I think it was entirely in context. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: We all haven't lived as worldly lives as you, Senator Whish-Wilson. Senator BILYK: I'm happy to withdraw everything that was offensive to the people on that side. I'd hate to offend you. You've offended the people of Australia for the last nine years. But if I can't say that, fine, I'm happy to take the ruling from the Deputy President. We have been working hard in the past six months that we've been in government, and what have we been doing? Do you want to hear what we've done? Let me start. We've been building a modern economy. We're not living in the 1950s, like those on that side want to. We have been protecting the vulnerable. We have been rebuilding our international relationships, because we know what happened to international relationships from your side.