Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) (14:18): Thank you, Senator, for your question. Only the Greens could be upset about a pay rise being provided by a Labor government to some of the lowest paid and most important workers in our community. Only the Greens could be disappointed about that. Do you know the reason they're disappointed about that? They can't use their favourite phrase, 'We did it,' because they didn't do it. It was a Labor government that delivered a much-needed, much-deserved pay rise for early childhood educators in our country, obviously in partnership with the trade union movement, who, along with members of those unions and those workers, have campaigned for this for a very long time. Among our ranks, we have a number of people who've been campaigning for this a whole lot longer than the Greens, who like to jump on the bandwagon. I'm talking about people like Senator Bilyk, who actually is a former early childhood educator and has been campaigning for this for 40 years. I'm talking about people like Senator Walsh, whose professional career was devoted to assisting these workers get a pay rise that they deserve. The list goes on across our ranks. Don't come in here and try and be Johnny-come-latelies and all of a sudden say that you care about early childhood educators when you've done nothing about it until the last meme was available. Don't lecture us about supporting workers. Don't support us— Honourable senators interjecting— Senator WATT: Yes, I'm going to point at you, because you're the people who want to jump on the bandwagon. When Labor governments actually do something— The PRESIDENT: Minister Watt, resume your seat. Senator Shoebridge? Senator Shoebridge: I think, President, you can anticipate my point of order. The PRESIDENT: Yes. Thank you. Minister Watt, I do— Senator Wong: You're a hypocrite. The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Wong! Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order across the chamber! I am responding to the point of order raised by Senator Shoebridge. I do remind you, Minister Watt, to direct your answers to the chair. Please continue. Senator WATT: Chair, I suspect you might agree, in your impartial manner, that the Labor government has been doing a lot, because it's something I know you have campaigned on for a very long time, as well, along with early childhood workers. The PRESIDENT: Minister Watt, please resume your seat. Senator Shoebridge on a point of order? Senator Shoebridge: The minister should not bring you into a partisan debate in the way he did. It impugns your— The PRESIDENT: Senator Shoebridge, resume your seat! Please continue, Minister. Senator WATT: The Greens, wanting to complain about something that the Labor government has done, now dictate who can actually support that policy in the Labor government. There you go—that's the Greens for you. Every person and every group involved in the early childhood education sector has welcomed this pay rise as much needed. It would appear that the only group who are unhappy about this are the Greens because they now lose a campaign opportunity calling for a pay rise—because we've actually done it. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Hodgins-May, a first supplementary?