Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:39): I thank Senator Cash for her question. It's interesting to note that it's taken three of the opposition's questions to get to the issue of tourism as it relates to the issues that the opposition have been raising today. Senator Ruston interjecting— Senator FARRELL: I'll take that interjection, Senator Ruston, and, no, I won't be filibustering. I'll be answering the question that I— Senator Cash: President, a point of order in relation to relevance. It is now well over 30 seconds into the answer. It was a very specific question in relation to airfares for Australians and whether or not they would be higher or lower as a result of the government's decision. The PRESIDENT: I will remind the minister of his question, but I will also remind all senators in this place that the minister is entitled to take interjections. There was an interjection, which the minister also responded to, but I have reminded him of the question and I would ask all senators to listen in silence. Senator FARRELL: The reality is this: there is significant downward pressure on airfares at the moment. One of the reasons for that is that we, as a government, are correcting all of the problems that you created during the pandemic in terms of the ability of Australians to travel in and out of this country. Can I go through— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Senator FARRELL: They want to ask the questions but they don't want to hear what the answers are. Let me go through some of the most recent— Senator McKenzie interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator McKenzie, I've called you by name a number of times during question time. Tomorrow night, Tuesday night, is open ended adjournment. I invite you to make your comments there and not during question time. Minister Farrell. Senator FARRELL: I'm on duty tomorrow night. Let me go through some of the airlines that are now coming into Australia as a result of decision— Senator Birmingham: President, a point of order on direct relevance. This was a one-sentence question asked by Senator Cash. It went very precisely to a decision taken by the government in relation to Qatar Airways. As enlightening as it may be for the senator to go through a bunch of other decisions that may or may not have been taken, to be directly relevant to the question asked he should address the decision that he is being asked about, not other decisions. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Birmingham. Minister Wong. Senator Wong: On the point of order: the question was about price, and, last time I looked, supply and demand are relevant to price. The deputy leader and trade minister is going through the ways in which the government's policies are increasing the supply of flights in and out of Australia. It's entirely relevant. I know that economics is no longer relevant to you now you're in opposition. I know you don't want to let economics get in the way of politics— The PRESIDENT: On the points of order, I will remind the minister of the question, but he was talking about cheaper airfares, which was part of the question that Senator Cash asked. I would once again ask senators to stop the disorderly interjections. Minister Farrell. Senator FARRELL: The opposition doesn't like us talking about all of the things that this government is doing in the tourism space to put downward pressure on prices. Let's go through some of them. China Southern will start Guangzhou— The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Minister Farrell. Senator Cash, first supplementary.