Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:10): What Senator Joyce and Mr Pyne signed up for—perhaps Senator Joyce has forgotten; I know he does occasionally forget what he has agreed to—is a costing service consistent with that included in the Charter of Budget Honesty Act introduced by Treasurer Costello. That is what you signed up for, Senator Joyce. In relation to the Charter of Budget Honesty, before polling day the responsible secretary was to publicly release a costing of the policy: ... as soon as practical after a costing request has been made and before the election— the responsible secretaries are to publicly release a costing of the policy. What the government is putting forward is an arrangement consistent with that which Peter Costello introduced. What has occurred is that those on the other side want to avoid transparency. They want to hide their costings. (Time expired) Opposition senators interjecting— Government senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! I am quite happy to wait. When people have finished their private conversations across the chamber we will continue with question time.