Mr HUNT (Flinders—Minister for the Environment) (14:11): I particularly want to thank the member for Reid because I am delighted to get a question about the environment, given that we have gone 9½ months with over 400 questions from the opposition but not one question about the environment. How many questions from the opposition about the environment? Zero; not one. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: There will be silence on my left, including the member for Kingsford Smith! Mr HUNT: You are a courageous bunch, aren't you? Not one. In all of that time I would have been delighted to have had one about turtles, dugongs, the Reef Trust, the Green Army—you name it. Call me now, Bill. We would love to get one. Let the member for Port Adelaide go. Having said that, the member for Reid rightly made the point in his question that this tax does nothing for the environment, it has no significant impact on emissions, but does have a massive impact on families. Ms O'Neil interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Hotham will desist! Mr HUNT: In New South Wales over two years what have we seen? Ms Butler interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Griffith left yesterday. If she is anxious to leave again, she will keep it up. Mr HUNT: In New South Wales over two years what we have seen is a $3.4 billion hit to the economy. What we have seen is a $2.1 billion hit to electricity prices. Ms O'Neil interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Hotham is warned! Mr HUNT: So right now we can do something about the cost of living. Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I have a point of order. Mr HUNT: It is good to have you back. The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat. I call the Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order. Mr Burke: To be relevant the minister himself told us that he had to talk about the environment. He has not managed to stay there for three minutes. The SPEAKER: The member will resume his seat. Before the minister resumes— Mr HUNT: About 1,000 times a day I ask myself what would Bill do and then I do the opposite—1,000 times a day. I want to read a quote to you. The quote goes: The Government has decided to terminate the carbon tax to help cost-of-living pressures … Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat. It is impossible to hear the answer. There are people who are listening. There is a general warning issued. The minister has the call. Mr HUNT: I quote: The Government has decided to terminate the carbon tax to help cost-of-living pressures for families and to reduce costs for small business Who said that? One Kevin Rudd. Who was standing next to him? The member for McMahon and the member for Port Adelaide. Mr Giles interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Scullin will remove himself under standing order 94(a). The member for Scullin then left the chamber. Mr HUNT: They know that, if the carbon tax is taken away, it will reduce cost-of-living pressures. They know that it will reduce electricity prices for the member for Reid's residents, for his constituents. It is possible to reduce electricity prices, as we have seen from the New South Wales regulator, from the Queensland regulator, and from AGL and Origin. So if you want to do something about the cost of living—if you want to get rid of a system that does not work—it is very simple: repeal the carbon tax and, just this once, Bill, say 'Yes.' Mr Shorten: Thank you for letting him call me anything he wants, Madam Speaker. A government member: You haven't even got the call! The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition does not have the call. He will resume his seat. Continually, throughout that last answer, he was speaking in a disrespectful way to the chair, which I chose to ignore; but I simply will not ignore it now. I say to him: there is need for some decorum in this place and it has to come from the leaders. The noise is coming from this side of the House and you do not have to be a genius to work out why. I want to have some decorum back in the House and if it means throwing out the ringleaders of the noise, then so be it.