Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science) (14:54): It certainly isn't. As I indicated in my answer before, it is important for these matters to be asserted calmly and with a basic level of information: Thirty-six days of petrol—that has not changed since the beginning of the war. That's 1.56 billion litres of petrol. In relation to jet fuel, 29 days worth of jet fuel— Honourable senators interjecting— Senator AYRES: We'll get to Mount Gravatt—don't you worry about that. The PRESIDENT: Minister Ayres, please resume your seat. I'm just waiting for silence. Senator McDonald? Senator McDonald: On relevance, the answer is going nowhere near my very tightly worded question. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator McDonald. The minister is being relevant to the question. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: It is incredibly disrespectful. I just had Senator McDonald on her feet, calling a point of order. She was short and succinct and to the point, which many of you are not. As I was answering the point of order, Senator McKenzie and others chose to then just start shouting across the chamber. That is rude and disrespectful to me and this Senate. Senator McDonald, I will listen carefully, and, if the minister is not being relevant to your question, I will call him to your question. Senator AYRES: I understand why members of the coalition and One Nation find the assertion of the facts so offensive in this environment. Senator Cash: We just asserted the facts to you. They ran out of fuel. Senator AYRES: That's enough from you, I reckon. Thirty-two days— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Ayres! Opposition senators interjecting— Senator AYRES: Thirty-two days of diesel—honestly, it just goes on and on! Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! That response was absolutely out of order. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: I have not finished. I've only just started. That response was out of order, absolutely out of order—shouting so loudly that you could not hear me try to bring the Senate to order. Senator Ayres, you will withdraw that comment. Senator AYRES: I absolutely will. The PRESIDENT: And there will be silence for the rest of question time. Senator Ayres, please continue. Senator AYRES: There is, as I was trying to indicate, 32 days of diesel supply left in Australia—2.97 billion litres of diesel. Now, those amounts have not fundamentally changed since the conflict in Iran began. Senator Canavan interjecting— Senator AYRES: What has changed, Senator Canavan—if you are going to join the yelling over there—is that there has been some consumer behaviour that has changed. Some consumers are purchasing, as reported to me in the meeting that was held recently, four to five times the amount of diesel or the amount of petrol. Why would people be engaging in that kind of conduct? Senator Canavan: Because they don't trust you. It's a failure of your leadership. Senator AYRES: Because there are people over there— The PRESIDENT: Minister Ayres, please resume your seat. I asked for silence. Minister Ayres, please continue. Senator AYRES: All of us have a responsibility here to conduct ourselves in the national interest—to report the facts accurately. Sure, hold the government to account, but do it responsibly. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator McDonald, first supplementary?