Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:18): I wonder where he might have got some of those questions from. I wonder whether he has had a discussion, if I may say, Mr President, with Mr Palmer lately or whether he has made this up all by himself. In terms of the support for industries which are highly emissions intensive, the senator would be aware that we are providing a very substantial amount of assistance in the form of free permits through the Jobs and Competitiveness Program for the most highly emissions intensive industries. They will get about 94½ per cent of their emissions covered by free permits under these programs at the outset. That substantially reduces their carbon liability to about $1.30 a tonne. Senator Ian Macdonald: Mr President, on direct relevance, I asked about the increase in costs from freighting commodities, not emissions, from the north-west minerals province. I would ask the minister to directly address my question. The PRESIDENT: I draw the minister's attention to the question. The minister has 14 seconds remaining. Senator WONG: I would say to the senator, through you Mr President: the largest liability for emissions intensive industries is obviously from those activities which are emissions intensive, and the government has focused a very substantial amount of assistance on those processes. (Time expired)