Senator McGRATH (Queensland) (17:02): For those listening at home, I'll read out the matter before the Senate: 'The Labor government's reckless and irresponsible economic management has resulted in the longest ever household recession since the 1970s, with Australian household incomes dropping as those in comparable nations have grown.' If you're scared about what's going on at the moment, you should be, because we have a Labor government who, quite frankly, have just switched off. We have a Prime Minister who has bought his retirement home. If you listened to question time, you would think that Queen Marie Antoinette had come back to life and replicated herself, and that replicas of her were sitting around the cabinet table. That's because every single minister echoes the sentiments of that long-dead Queen by saying, 'Let them eat cake,' because Australians have never had it so good as they have it under the Labor Party and Prime Minister Albanese. You have these cabinet ministers of the rank of Marie Antoinette saying, 'Let them eat cake with icing and cherries on top, because we've done it so good for them, us here in Canberra.' If you think Canberra is a bubble, well, that's an understatement. There is no such think as a Canberra bubble; it's 'Canberraworld'. It's not a rubbish theme park or a bad TV series; it is a really gruesome reality show that is on your news every night, and you're paying for it through your taxes. You're paying for it because your quality of life has gone backwards since the Labor Party came to power. But the Labor Party think you've never had it so good and you should be grateful because you're paying more in tax, because there have been 12 interest rate rises, because your rent has gone up, insurance has gone up and power has gone up. This is a Labor Party that promised 97 times before the last election it would cut power bills by $275. We have a Labor government in Canberraworld that is not just out of touch but off this planet when it comes to understanding how tough Australians are doing it. But it could be a lot worse, because we know the Labor Party only ever win elections because they do a preference deal with the racist, antisemitic Greens party. We just have to look at the policies of that racist, antisemitic party to see what Australia could be facing following the next election. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Chandler ): Order, Senator McGrath! Senator Barbara Pocock, on a point of order? Senator Barbara Pocock: That is an insult to our party. It's completely incorrect and it should be withdrawn. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Pocock, I think that is a debating point. If it were made about a specific senator then I think there would be consideration of it being out of order, but my understanding is that if it is in relation to a political party it is within standing orders. Senator Barbara Pocock: Well, I'm sitting here and I take it personally. I think it should be withdrawn. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Pocock, as I've said, I think if the comment were made in relation to an individual senator there would be grounds under the standing orders to have the comment withdrawn, but, if it's against a political party, that is consistent with standing orders. I have to allow the comment. Senator Barbara Pocock: On the point of order: it is untruthful and it should be withdrawn because it is an untruthful statement. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Pocock. Again, I think that is verging on a debating point. Senator McGrath, I'll ask you to continue with the debate, but please be mindful of your comments. Senator McGRATH: I'm very mindful to make sure that my comments about political parties—in particular, the new nasty party, the Greens party, who are a racist, antisemitic party—are directed to the party and not to any individuals in that party. But you do have to look at some of the individuals in the party. Remember, you've got Senator McKim, who in this chamber said that everybody in the coalition should be put up against the wall and shot. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order, Senator McGrath! Senator Allman-Payne, on a point of order? Senator Allman-Payne: I'm just being mindful that Senator McGrath is now straying into the territory of naming particular senators. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Allman-Payne, Senator McGrath made a reference to another senator and was then continuing on with his remarks. I was listening very closely to his remarks but I don't think Senator McGrath had said anything that contravened the standing orders at that point. Senator McGrath, you have the call. I'm listening carefully, as always. Senator McGRATH: Thank you. For those who are listening: doesn't it show how touchy the Greens are, because it does go to the heart of the Greens political party and the fact they are a blot on the political landscape of the modern Australian democracy. Of course, we also have senators like Senator David Shoebridge, who only the slow of learning fail to take an instant dislike to when it comes to his conduct in this chamber and how he deals with fellow senators. We've also got Senator Faruqi, in terms of the manner in which she approaches development of land. This is the party that the Labor Party are going to do a preference deal with. This is the party the Labor Party need so as to stay in power. The Labor Party are going to do a preference deal with an extreme political party who are on the far left of Australian politics but, more worryingly for Australians, are also on the far left of economic policy. If you're doing it tough now under the Labor Party, who, quite frankly, have trouble dealing with reality sometimes because everything is going so well under our semi-retired Prime Minister, just imagine how tough you're going to be doing it in a few months time because the Labor Party have had to do a preference deal with the Greens and, in the worst-case scenario, are in a minority government, with people like Adam Bandt, Nick McKim and those Rhodes scholar runners-up sitting around the cabinet table directing public policy. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Sorry, Senator McGrath. Senator Allman-Payne, on a point of order? Senator Allman-Payne: I would just ask that Senator McGrath use people's correct titles when referring to them, please. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Allman-Payne, for the reminder. Senator McGrath, please use people's correct titles when referring to them. Senator McGRATH: It is fascinating how touchy the Greens are because they don't like the truth when it comes to their far left extremist ideology: the fact the Greens party is an anti-Queensland party and an anti-Australian party, and everybody should throw them out of office, because friends don't let friends vote for the Greens, and friends don't let their enemies preference the Greens.