QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science) (14:57): The government has set out the proposed course of action. A baby having begun crying in the gallery— Senator AYRES: I should say, to my friends in the gallery, the sound of little kids in this place is always very welcome. It's always very welcome.

Really, if that family—I want them to feel welcome in this place. I think we all do. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator AYRES: I wouldn't describe it as running down the clock.

Senator Farrell is not here—I meant it, and I think we all did. We are approaching the task of delivering fuel security with all the earnestness that Australians would expect and with all of the diligence. We have undertaken that work in strong contrast to the miserable record of those that came before us, who diminished Australia's fuel security and who made our economic resilience weaker and, as a consequence, made Australia poorer.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Whitten, second supplementary?