Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:37): I tell you what I can guarantee. I can guarantee that energy prices under us will not include the $600 billion that you would spend on the single most expensive form of energy that there is. I can also confirm that Australian households would have been worse off if you had gotten your way and prevented the energy bill assistance that the Labor government put forward from flowing to Australian households and Australian small businesses. And I can also confirm that your $600 billion nuclear scheme will take decades to build, will add $1,200 to power bills and will provide four per cent of energy needs. The facts are, Senator, that you can come in here and talk about energy bills, but you propose more expensive energy— The PRESIDENT: Minister Wong, please resume your seat. Senator Duniam? Senator Duniam: I asked about the government's policies making power prices lower, not our policies that they don't even know about. The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Duniam, the minister is relevant, and I'll continue to listen carefully. Senator WONG: It is clear that there is one party working to ensure we deliver cleaner, more reliable, cheaper energy to Australians. There is one party working to ensure we assist Australians to the extent we are able with higher energy costs. And there is another party that doesn't want Australians to be assisted—another party that wants to spend $600 billion on the most expensive form of energy there is. And now they want to make a political point about energy costs. Do you want to know why energy bills have been spiralling? Some of it is international circumstances, but, in great part, it is because you and Senator Canavan and others didn't allow Senator Birmingham and others in your party to put forward an economically responsible transformation of the energy system. You had 22 policies. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Duniam, a first supplementary?