Mr CONAGHAN (Cowper) (16:39): I've been in the chamber this afternoon during this MPI, and I just want to make a point about the speeches. I note that there have been a lot of interjections towards the members on this side. People in the chamber have been quite respectful in not interrupting the other side, allowing them to make their point. Whether we agree or disagree—and I appreciate that this is a chamber of debate—we can do so with some sort of decorum. It's why people up in the gallery walk out of this place shaking their heads, to be perfectly honest. I think we really, on both sides, need to have a look at ourselves and pull our socks up. It's not why I came into this place; I came into the place to be constructive. I'm not lecturing the other side; I'm simply making the point that it achieves nothing. In relation to the member's last contribution, I accept the childcare changes. Fantastic. It's great that mums and dads earning up to $530,000 can access child care and rebates, but the fact is, in the regions, we can't get any childcare places. Now, when I make that point, I don't make the point to criticise the government. I make the point because it's a fact, and I urge the government— Mr Perrett: You were in government for nine years! Mr CONAGHAN: Of course we were in government for nine years—I'll take the interjection—but for how long are you going to run that argument: 'You were in government for nine years'? You've been in government for six months. And this is what I'm coming back to—that point. I'm not being critical of the other side. I'm making the point in facts. If you're not able to have that debate without getting angry or without shouting down the other members for making points of fact, then perhaps you might want to examine why you're here. If you talk about the PBS, again, that was something that this government did. But we're here to discuss the MPI that people are doing it tough. If you want to look at your own budget, there is very little in that budget that assists people in the regions with their cost of living. I spoke of Peter Feros from the Dorrego Hotel in the chamber last week. Peter Feros owns the Dorrego Hotel. He had his contract coming up for renewal. The cheapest electricity contract he could get for next year was an increase of $25,000. Where are the measures to bring that down? There are none. In fact, prices are going up by 56 per cent over the next two years, and gas, 44 per cent. Trotting out the line it that you inherited $1 trillion in debt is simply misleading the public, because when we came into government it was almost half a trillion. You sat in opposition and you signed up to every single support package to keep our people in work, to keep employers and employees together, and then you trot out this line: 'Oh, you were in government for nine years and you left us a $1 trillion debt.' You came with us all the way. You were there all the way. It was your people and your businesses that benefited from JobKeeper and JobSeeker. The truth sometimes hurts. That $275 was promised by your leader, the Prime Minister, which he has walked away from. He won't repeat it; he won't say it again, and you don't like it. Government members interjecting— Mr CONAGHAN: So, when I stand here and listen to the interjections— Government members interjecting— Mr CONAGHAN: I won't be lectured from— Government members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms Claydon ): Just a moment. I am going to ask the interjections to cease. I'm just going to remind the member for Cowper that every time you say 'you' it's a reflection on me, so let's try and redirect the debate a little. Mr CONAGHAN: I will address you instead of the chamber, and my time is now up! The DEPUTY SPEAKER: And I am sorry about that! Member for Wright, is this a point of order? Mr Buchholz: During the debate, this side—you might well not have been in the chamber—has sat very quietly and respectfully, while those on the other side of the chamber— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: That was the point I just addressed, and I accept that. There are also not very many people on your side, but I will take your point of order. I have asked members on the government benches to cease interjecting. You have another point of order? Mr Buchholz: Absolutely, Madam Deputy Speaker. Whilst it's very respectful for members to sit around the chamber, I would bring your attention to those people who, when supporting a member—which is very good—whilst not in their seat should be mindful of their interjections, which seem to be constant. (Quorum formed)