Mr HOGAN (Page—Deputy Manager of Opposition Business) (15:31): I can see some very big smiles—and so there should be—on some of the backbenchers opposite, because that was a woeful performance and there will be some opportunities open up the front benches after that terrible performance by the assistant minister. When you get an opportunity to talk about what your government has done in the first 10 months of its operation, you'd think you would spend some time saying with pride what you think the government has done. In that woeful performance he spent about 7½ to eight minutes having a crack at the other side—and some of it was on stuff from 10 years ago. There were some big smiles on some faces on the backbench because that was woeful. Let's go to the first 10 months of this government's performance, which, as well, has been woeful. I'm going to start with one thing that is quite traumatic; I feel very strongly about this. When the Prime Minister says it's been a pretty good 10 months, it hasn't been a pretty good 10 months in those remote communities where the cashless welfare card has been removed. The cashless welfare card was having some real practical impacts on the ground. I know one of the communities quite well and have been to one of those communities quite a lot as well. Those communities were telling me they did think the cashless welfare card was working, and the stats prove it. Since that cashless welfare card has been removed from some of those remote and regional communities, domestic violence is up, child abuse is up— A government member: Where's the source! Mr HOGAN: I take that interjection. I say: talk to the communities. I'm quite shocked about the ideology of those opposite. Their blind ideology means women are getting raped and children are getting bashed that weren't beforehand— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms Claydon ): The member for Lalor, on a point of order? Ms Ryan: I would ask the member to withdraw. Mr HOGAN: I will not withdraw. I encourage the member for Lalor, at 10 o'clock on Monday morning— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: It would— Mr HOGAN: to come to a meeting. I will tell the member where the meeting is, and the people at that meeting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Excuse me! Member for Page, it would assist the House— Mr HOGAN: I will not withdraw. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Would you like to defy the ruling of the chair? Mr HOGAN: I am not going to withdraw that statement. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Then you are moving dissent from my ruling. Is that what you're moving? I think you should consider your situation. It would be a courtesy to the House if you would withdraw. Mr HOGAN: I will withdraw as a courtesy to you, Deputy Speaker. But I invite the member for Lalor, on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, to come to a meeting where there will be representatives of those communities who will be talking about the real impact of it. I invite you to come to that meeting if you so wish. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Excuse me! The member has withdrawn his statement, but do you have another point of order? Ms Ryan: I'm happier with an unconditional withdrawal. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: No. I have accepted there has been a withdrawal, and— Mr Hogan: I withdraw it. Th e DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Page, I am listening very, very carefully. Mr HOGAN: And I invite the other members opposite who said where are you getting this information from or these statistics from. I will spread the information about where this meeting is at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. There are going to be community members from these communities who will tell their stories, and I will invite you to come. It will be interesting to see which of you members do turn up to that who don't believe what's been going on in these communities. Again, I think the blind ideology that you have had about that card has caused great distress in those communities, and I think it certainly hasn't been a pretty good 10 months for those communities. Obviously that topic has taken up more time than I thought it would, but there are other things I do wish to mention very briefly. This government said that its energy policy was the most modelled policy by an opposition in history. The Ukraine war had started, when they came into government, and they were saying they were going to lower everyone's electricity bills. Again, it hasn't been a good 10 months for anyone who has to pay an energy bill. The mortgages—they actually said mortgages would be lower under them when they came into government, and, again, it hasn't been a great 10 months for any mortgage repayment person in this country. So there's a lot that this government has to be ashamed of in its first 10 months.