Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:00): I thank Senator Paterson for the question. I was advising the Senate that there have been times—despite what those opposite claim repeatedly in interviews and in here about the level of spending currently and its relation to other periods—where it's exceeded that. I was drawing the Senate's attention to that. If I've made an error, I'm happy to change that. I will get the figures that I was relying on. Senator Paterson: To assist the minister, I can table the mid-year fiscal— The PRESIDENT: No, Senator Paterson, resume your seat. If you want to do something different, you seek leave. Also, you interrupted the minister. Senator GALLAGHER: I was responding to claims that have been made by people in this place around the level of spending. There have been times where it has exceeded the level it is now, and those opposite fail to recognise that. This government has taken responsible decisions around spending. We have made savings to the budget. We have contained spending growth, despite the period of time that we're going through now, where there are pressures on the government coming from areas like defence, NDIS, health care and aged care. They're all coming at the budget. We have managed to responsibly manage the budget, find savings where we can and return money for budget repair to pay down the Liberal debt that we inherited and to make sure that we are finding room for the investments that the Australian people rely upon. That is responsible budget management. I'm proud to be a member of a government that take the approach we have, not the slash-and-burn approach that those opposite like to refer to—the savings that they sought in the election campaign—but a responsible approach that seeks to ensure that services are funded appropriately while managing the budget appropriately as well. Senator Paterson: President, I seek leave to table the mid-year economic and fiscal outlooks from the departments of the treasury and finance, which have the historical Australian government data on spending. Senator Wong: They're government documents. You don't need to table them. In an effort to distract from his involvement in leadership shenanigans, he's now trying to create a stunt, but we all know who you are. The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, resume your seat. Is leave granted for documents to be tabled? Leave granted. Senator Paterson: I table those documents. The PRESIDENT: Senator Paterson, first supplementary?