Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:14): Can I take this opportunity to congratulate Senator Birmingham on his appearance on Q&A for the first time last night. I have to say, judging from— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, come to question. Senator WONG: I will come to the question. I just thought that the chamber should be aware that I think he did very well. I suspect, however, from the tweets, that Senator Cameron might have bested him. I am very happy to take a not entirely unexpected question from Senator Birmingham. As he would know—and he was careful to word his question perhaps a little more subtly than Senator Joyce would have been capable of—it is misleading to attribute the entire electricity price rise experienced by clubs or in fact any other entity to the carbon price. I am advised that the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency's office spoke to West Adelaide Football Club this morning, who confirmed that around half of the price rise quoted today was due to network costs. It is the case, and this government has been— Senator Abetz interjecting— Senator WONG: I will take the interjection, because— The PRESIDENT: Order! Ignore, the interjection, Senator Wong. Senator WONG: But, Mr President, it is so tempting! The PRESIDENT: It might be tempting, but address the chair and address the question. Senator WONG: Through you, Mr President, as I said, it is misleading— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Wong is entitled to be heard in silence. Senator WONG: It is misleading to attribute the entire price rise to the carbon price. I would point out two things. One is that the Treasury modelling did estimate the impact of the carbon price on sport and recreation at about 0.3 per cent. That is about 20c a week. That did include the impact on football clubs. The government did assume cost pass-through in its assessment of the Household Assistance Package, which provides, as the chamber would know, about $10.10 in assistance through tax cuts and increased transfer payments. In addition, football clubs may be eligible to apply for the Community Energy Efficiency Program, a $200 million funding stream for community organisations to retrofit facilities.