QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science) (15:49): Well! The idea! It is certainly true that, as to what we're seeing, particularly in the construction industry, particularly around PVC piping—I know this not only from the information that my department provides to me, but from the phone calls that I get from friends across the building industry in regional New South Wales, who, of course, are getting notices that say that prices are going up—prices are going up.

There are no immediate shortages, but prices are going up. And that is a problem for people in the construction industry. What is not true is to put those price rises at the feet of anyone but the murderous dictatorship in Iran.

That is unpatriotic. That is un-Australian. That is dishonest.

That is disingenuous. That is very, very unhelpful, if our job is to pull together for Australians— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Bell, second supplementary?