Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:11): I thank the good senator from Tasmania for her question. I said in response to just about every question you asked yesterday that we're not going to get into this 'gotcha'-moment activity. The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham? Senator Birmingham: A point of order: it's hardly a 'gotcha' moment when we're reciting the same question asked some days ago! The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham, that's not a point of order. Minister Farrell, please continue. Senator FARRELL: What I can say about what this government has done by comparison to what your government did is to just remember this: when you pushed up the prices of electricity just before the last election, instead of publicly telling people, telling the Australian public, telling all those people up there in the audience, that you'd pushed up the price of electricity, what did you do? You hid— The PRESIDENT: Senator Askew? Senator Askew: On relevance: the question was a very straightforward question that needs to be addressed. I'd just ask you to draw the minister back to the question. The PRESIDENT: The minister is reflecting on power prices, but I'll also remind him of the second part of your question. Senator FARRELL: It's highly relevant to the issue of electricity prices when your government failed to disclose to the Australian people, weeks out from an election, that you had pushed— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator Gallagher interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Gallagher! Minister Farrell, please continue. Senator FARRELL: Thank you, President—and thank you for that protection from Senator Gallagher! An honourable senator: She wants the job, I'm sure! Senator FARRELL: And she'd do a very, very good job, too! Senator McGrath interjecting— Senator FARRELL: No, that's not fair, Senator McGrath. An honourable senator: You don't reckon? Senator FARRELL: No, I don't reckon. No. Look, it's highly relevant to the circumstances when your government failed to disclose electricity prices— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Askew, a first supplementary question?