Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (10:17): The government will be opposing this suspension. We'll oppose it because we don't accept that the opposition should be able to rearrange the program every morning, as has become custom in this place. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Allman-Payne ): Senator Rennick, a point of order? Senator Rennick: I was up before Senator Gallagher. I want to make sure I get a chance to speak to this. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The government takes precedence, Senator Rennick. I'll come to you. Senator GALLAGHER: Sorry, Senator Rennick, I won't be taking the full five minutes. I'm not going to be lectured by Senator McKenzie around biosecurity. When we came to government, Biosecurity, like other areas of the Public Service, was underfunded and unable to do the job it needed to do. Senator McKenzie: Why are you taxing farmers to pay for it? Senator GALLAGHER: That is what happened under the former government. Senator McKenzie: So pay for it. You're happy to pay for everything else, shovelling hundreds of millions of dollars out the door. Senator GALLAGHER: Don't pretend otherwise. You ignored the risks of biosecurity that have massive economic impact on farmers. Senator McAllister: A point of order, Acting Deputy President. Senator McKenzie was heard in silence, and it would be appreciated if she would do Senator Gallagher the same courtesy. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McKenzie, I will remind you that interjecting during debate is disorderly. Senator GALLAGHER: The coalition had left our biosecurity system underfunded and insecure, and we heard that from farmers around the country. Senator McKenzie interjecting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McKenzie, again, I remind you that interjections are disorderly. Senator GALLAGHER: Their shameful legacy on biosecurity was ignoring demands from farmers for sustainable biosecurity funding. They did absolutely nothing to make importers pay their fair share, for almost a decade. We have worked on trying to find the balance, to find that sustainable biosecurity funding model going forward. We accept that this bill will not be part of that solution. But we are not going to be lectured on biosecurity by the National Party. They cut it, they didn't invest in it and they left our farmers vulnerable. Not only did they do that for farmers; they also trashed our international relationships to the point that our farmers lost all of that business with our biggest trading partner, China. Under this government, $20 billion in trade has resumed. That is how much we value farmers. That is how much we value the relationships, and that is how much we will advocate on their behalf. We won't take lectures from Senator McKenzie on any of that, because they left it in absolute crisis and disarray. Minister Watt came in and had to fix it, and the ERC had to find resources to deliver the security that our farmers deserve and our community deserves. We will not support this suspension. We do not believe in Senator McKenzie grandstanding in opposition when she was unable to do anything in government. That is the problem here.