Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:32): As I said previously, we on this side will comply with Peter Costello's Charter of Budget Honesty. I can make that commitment here in this chamber and I hear this well of silence over there from all the modest members and all the Costello acolytes, who love to tell me how wonderful Peter is, but do not want to comply with his Charter of Budget Honesty. The reality is that the Prime Minister gave a very comprehensive speech to the Press Club. Senator Brandis: Where's the money coming from? When are you going to tell us? Senator WONG: I do not know if those opposite have noticed that Mr Pyne has actually said that they may not repeal it and they may keep it, which means they are going to have to find the money too. I bet that did not go to the shadow ERC. Maybe Senator Mason could inform the chamber about that. Senator Chris Evans: I don't think they have a shadow ERC! Senator WONG: They keep adding people to it. Obviously the policy issue is one the Labor government does believe is extremely important. Education is something this government and this party have long prioritised. The Prime Minister laid out in very substantial detail how Australia has slipped down relevant world rankings. Senator Brandis: I raise a point of order: the minister is not being directly relevant to the question. The question asked one thing: when will costings be released? That is the only thing that was asked. No approach to answering that question has been made. Senator Jacinta Collins: This is becoming a habit, where Senator Brandis gets up and rephrases the question into how he thinks it has been put. I definitely recall Senator Mason referring to the Prime Minister's Press Club speech. In fact, he made certain descriptions of the speech, which Senator Wong has been highlighting as being simply not accurate. The PRESIDENT: I believe the minister has been answering the question. The minister still has 34 seconds remaining to address the question. Senator WONG: As I was saying, I was responding to the questions about the Gonski review and the Prime Minister's response. In terms of the decisions around funding, obviously all decisions need to be on a firm fiscal footing, which is why this government has a track record of making savings. It is why we are returning the budget to surplus. It is why we took nearly $34 billion worth of savings in the last budget and why we have taken $100 billion of savings— (Time expired)