Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:58): Again, I remind the senator of the very substantial— Senator Bob Brown: Mr President, on a point of order: that was clearly a request for a statement of government policy, which is out of order, as his earlier question was a request for an opinion, which is out of order. I ask you to look at both those questions. The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Senator Bob Brown: Mr President, on the point of order: I draw your attention to standing order 73— The PRESIDENT: Yes, I am very familiar with it. Senator Bob Brown: Apparently not, Mr President. It says: 73 (1) The following rules shall apply to questions: … … … questions shall not ask: (h) for an expression of opinion; (i) for a statement of the government's policy … That is black and white, so you cannot rule that out of order in the way that you did. The PRESIDENT: Senator Brown, with the greatest of respect, I have allowed the question to stand. I believe the question is in order. The minister has 55 seconds remaining to answer the question. Senator WONG: I am asked about the level of the carbon price. This fact should be remembered in this chamber: the party who is seeking to impose the highest carbon price is not the Australian Labor Party; it is not even the Greens. It is the coalition who want to double the effective carbon price, double the cost on the Australian economy, tax Australians $1,300 a year to pay for a taxpayer funded, bureaucratically imposed inefficient scheme. Under the opposition's policies, Australia would need a carbon price at least twice as high as under our Clean Energy Future plan. If Senator Joyce cares about the cost of transforming the economy, perhaps he should have a look at what Mr Hunter has put up. What Mr Hunter has put up would cost the people who sent Senator Joyce here far more. Senator CHRIS EVANS: Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.