Senator McCARTHY (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Australians) (14:49): Thank you, Senator Cadell. It's interesting that the focus is on speed limits. It makes you wonder just how fast these guys on the other side want to keep going. How many questions there have been around this has been really, really interesting. This was a Nationals policy in 2018 when the member for New England and then the member for Riverina held the infrastructure portfolio. Suggestions that our government have suddenly decided it's time to change regional speed limits— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Minister McCarthy, please resume your seat. I can't hear a word. That means, on my left, there is way too much noise. Senator McCARTHY: Suggestions that our government has suddenly decided that it's time to change regional speed limits are wrong. Priority action No. 1 of their road safety action plan was to consult on changing speed limits. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Senator McKenzie interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator McKenzie! I've called order. That applies to you. Senator McCARTHY: Priority action No. 1 of their road safety action plan was to consult on changing speed limits on high-risk regional roads. We're putting their idea out to consultation for Australians to settle it. The other part of this scare campaign is to say: 'We just need to fix the roads. We want potholes filled and roads improved. That's why we're investing more than ever in making our roads safer.' They're not interested in making our roads safer. We've doubled funding for the Roads to Recovery Program. The PRESIDENT: Senator Canavan? Senator Canavan: It's a point of order on relevance. The question was about the reference to carbon emission reductions as a benefit in the government's consultation paper. The minister hasn't gone anywhere near that. The PRESIDENT: Senator Canavan, as you well know, that was not the only part of the question. Senator Ayres interjecting— Senator Hanson-Young interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Ayres! Senator Hanson-Young, no. I had Senator Canavan on his feet with a point of order. Before I even had a chance to finish my response to that, we had interjections across the chamber. Senator Paterson interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Paterson, I've called you way too many times today. Minister McCarthy is being relevant, Senator Canavan. However, I will continue to listen carefully. That means no interjections, Senator McKenzie. Senator McCARTHY: Thanks for your protection, President. To let the other side know: we've doubled funding for the Roads to Recovery Program to $1 billion per year to help councils upgrade their roads. We've reversed the Liberal freeze on highway maintenance funding to get on with fixing potholes and resurfacing our national highways. The coalition could have done that in their wasted decade of government, but they didn't. We're making big investments in our roads, making them safer and more efficient. It's no thanks to those opposite. The PRESIDENT: Senator Cadell, first supplementary?