Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:04): I note Senator O'Sullivan has used wages in one of his questions and used energy bills in another of his questions—both areas where those opposite either voted against it or kept wages low for an entire decade. And they now come in here and, all of a sudden, care about working people's wages. What a surprise! After a decade of— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Order! Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: This feigned horror at wages policy—what an absolute joke! A deliberate design feature of your economic architecture was to keep wages low. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt! Senator Hume! Senator GALLAGHER: Now they're increasing; for the first time in a decade, we're seeing promising wages growth to assist people with some of those increases in the cost of living. That is our plan. We are implementing our economic plan to support households through this high period of inflation. The PRESIDENT: Before I call Senator Payman, I remind the chamber that interjections are disorderly. Towards the end of the minister's response then, your interjections were drowning out the minister. That's incredibly disorderly.