Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:05): That is incorrect. Senator Ruston, the assertion in the question— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please direct your comments through the chair. Senator WONG: Sorry. Through the chair: Senator Ruston is being very loose with the truth in her question. I told her that 48 batteries were announced as election commitments, and the remaining 342 are to be delivered by ARENA, with applications to open later this year. This is the problem with drafting a final supp without listening to the answers. The PRESIDENT: Minister Wong, please resume your seat. Senator Cash. Senator Cash: A point of order: the minister should be directing her comments, as you stated, through the chair and not pointing directly at Senator Ruston. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cash. I remind the minister to direct her comments through the chair. Senator WONG: I'm very happy to address you, President, but I am somewhat amused by Senator Cash, who is well known for a lot of pointing in this chamber, telling me about pointing. But if Senator Ruston wishes me to speak to you, I will, and— Senator Cash interjecting— Senator WONG: the policy point I'm making, Senator Cash—I will take that interjection—is that I have told you that the numbers that you have asserted are incorrect, but you persist in putting misinformation in front of the Senate because you want to make a political point. It's not founded in fact. (Time expired)