Senator WONG (South Australia—Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (15:00): Dismissing bilateral or unilateral action is not the approach the coalition take when it comes to trade. So one wonders why they suddenly say in relation to climate policy: 'We are going to ignore what China is doing, what the United States is doing, what Korea is doing, what Japan is doing. We are going to ignore that.' That, again, is an example of the economic irrationality of those opposite. Senator Humphries: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. My question was about whether the government would allow a five per cent hike in the carbon tax next week. It is only a few days away. Can the minister in enlighten the Senate on that question? The PRESIDENT: I believe the minister is addressing the question. The minister still has 35 seconds remaining. Senator WONG: Thank you, Mr President. The second part of the question dealt with the issue the senator raised in his point of order. I would make that point. I think the proposition that is being asserted by the opposition again today, as well as yesterday, is that the government should say that what is being passed through this parliament—through this chamber and the other place—what is the law of the land, should somehow be unilaterally waived by the government of the day. I suspect in relation to any legislation, if that were the proposition that the government put in place, you could hear the howls from those opposite already. (Time expired)