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) (14:42): I can confirm that energy prices are lower under this government, without the assistance of the opposition. You voted against energy bill relief. Remember that? Have you forgotten that? You forgot that? You forgot the old hot— Senator Cash interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Order on my left. Order! Senator Cash interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cash, I've called, 'Order.' That applies to you. I should not have to name you. Minister Gallagher. Senator GALLAGHER: We inherited an energy crisis; we had inflation running at six per cent; we had deficits; we had debt as far as the eye could see. We have turned it around, and we are providing cost-of-living relief, where it's affordable and responsible to do so, to take some of the pressure off those bill increases that we've seen. That's what a responsible government does. That's what a government does that puts the people at the centre, as opposed to the politics. And I will be looking forward to the Leader of the Opposition's budget in-reply speech, to see what he actually says about these energy bill rebates, because it seems to me there's a mixed view amongst his team about whether or not you're going to support them. And, if you're not going to support them, you can go and explain why energy bills should be higher than they would otherwise have been without this subsidy.