Wong, Sen Penny

Senator WONG ( South Australia — Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate ) ( 14:46 ): Your party was very silent when the coalition failed to put in place minimum stockpiling obligations. Your party was very silent when they put Texas as where fuel reserves would be. Senator Bell: Point of order on relevance: the minister knows that we raised this when the coalition was in government too. The PRESIDENT: That's not a point of order. Senator WONG: Senator, you engaged in a political attack. You're entitled to do that, and I'm entitled to respond. The reality is that you were very quiet as a party when Mr Taylor wanted to put fuel in Texas, and you were very quiet as a party when there was no minimum stockpiling obligation under the coalition. You have been very quiet as a party whilst—actually, did they vote against the coal and gas price caps and energy relief? Did you vote against those as well? That's interesting. You voted against coal and gas price caps for Australians, and now you complain about price increases. I think the hypocrisy is on display, if I may say.