Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:21): No. I'm calm, but I haven't had much sleep, so! Senator McKim, you know what our housing policy is and you have spent days working with Senator Birmingham, working with the coalition, to prevent more houses being made available to low- and middle-income Australians. So I understand— Senator Henderson interjecting— Senator WONG: I beg your pardon? I beg your pardon? The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt? Senator Watt: President, I'd ask that Senator Henderson withdraw the remarks that she just made across the chamber. She knows very well what she just said. The PRESIDENT: Just a moment, Senator Wong. I would just urge all senators to be mindful: (1) it's your responsibility to control your behaviour in this place; it is your responsibility to control what you say and what you don't say. I'm asking you to be mindful of that. We should not have to be seeking withdrawals for comments that are unparliamentary. Minister Wong, please continue. Senator WONG: What I was saying was: Senator McKim, you and your party have spent days in this place ensuring that we could not even bring the legislation to a vote. And you know why you didn't want it to come to a vote? Because you were embarrassed. You are embarrassed. We went through all the shenanigans in this place, including what we saw the other day, because you wanted to avoid a vote, because you are embarrassed, because you know you were voting against 40,000 houses for low-and middle-income Australians. Now you ask a question about your demands and some attempt to try and tell people, 'Actually, we didn't vote with Mr Dutton and the coalition to ensure Labor couldn't deliver 40,000 houses to low-and middle-income Australians.' Senator Shoebridge interjecting— Senator WONG: You interject on me because you don't like the truth. The truth is: you have been working with them to prevent us implementing our policy, and now you come in here and you bleat about the fact that we haven't adopted your policies! I mean, really! The fact is: you're working with the coalition to stop houses being built. That is the truth. And you should be ashamed. The PRESIDENT: Senator McKim?