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) (14:15): I would also remind Senator Hume that the economic plan, if you could call it that, that they took to the last election stood for higher taxes, lower wages, bigger deficits and more debt. That is what was produced on the eve of the election, when their costings, which they were ashamed of, were tipped out at the last minute. So to stand here and criticise our plan, which was about repairing the budget, paying down debt— The PRESIDENT: Minister Gallagher, please resume your seat. Senator Hume? Senator Hume: On a point of order, which is relevance, with 30 seconds to go I'd like to understand what the government is going to do, not what the coalition did. The PRESIDENT: Thank you. The minister has been talking about the government. Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: I would just remind those opposite, as we look for sensible savings in the budget, as we have done—we have found $114 billion—that the cuts the opposition took to the last election were to oppose age pension increases, to oppose cheaper child care, to oppose cheaper medicines, to oppose the record investment in public hospitals, to attack programs like free TAFE and prac payments and to reimpose the activity test. That was the plan from the— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Hume, second supplementary?