QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:42): This is Mr Dutton's plan for a long-lunch-led economic boom! What an extraordinary run-up to that question! I have some sympathy for Senator Hume, who has been out there trying to defend what I'm sure she knows is a dud of a policy— Senator Hume interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Hume, you've asked the question.

Senator WONG: without putting out a costing. Now she's coming in here and saying, 'Things are really bad, so we're going to vote against energy price relief and ask workers to fund tax breaks for long lunches; that's our economic plan and that's our set of priorities.' Only a Liberal opposition led by Mr Dutton could come up with such a ridiculous policy. Look at their priorities—$1.6 billion, up to $10 billion a year, on the long lunch.

How is that good economic management?