Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:13): Can I say, first, that the quote used is actually Mr Howard's quote—a Liberal prime minister's. We all remember that. Look, we are, as a government, absolutely focused on doing what we can to ease the cost-of-living pressures for Australians, and that puts us in a very different place to those opposite, who obviously have a range of other political agendas, but they don't include reducing the cost-of-living pressures for Australians. Senator Ruston interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ruston, you've asked the question. Senator WONG: When we came to government, inflation was high and rising, real wages were falling, living standards were declining and people were going backwards. That is what was occurring under them. Since we came to government, inflation is down, wages are up and unemployment is down. We've seen inflation at almost a third of what it was at the election and falling. We've seen real wages growing again, living standards rising and the lowest average unemployment rate for any government in 50 years. We've seen the creation of more than 1.1 million jobs. It is the case that Australians are doing it tough, but what they have is a government that wants Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. The alternative of course is a party that wants taxpayers to pick up a $10 billion tab for the boss's lunch. Instead of fee-free TAFE, they want free lunches. Fee-free TAFE—'No, we don't want that,' they say. 'We want free lunches.' I mean, for $10 billion you can employ 5.6 million people more in free TAFE. We could triple the HECS debt relief we delivered for three million Australians. It is three times more than the cost of the energy bill relief, which is saving households $300 a year and $325 for small businesses. Now, this gives you a sense of the priorities of Mr Dutton and those opposite. Senator Hume interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Hume, your constant commentary is disrespectful. I have called you to order at least half a dozen times. You are disrespecting me. Come to order when you are asked to come to order, and stop the running commentary. Senator Ruston, first supplementary?