QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:22): Senator, I do find this tendency, where we disagree with you, for the Greens political party to suggest that it's on some other grounds than a genuine assessment of what we believe is best for the Australian people. Our judgement is based on what is best for the Australian people, what is best for our economy, what is best for households and what is best for businesses.

I think casting aspersions on intention and motivation really is not a reasonable thing to do. We just don't agree with you. Senator Shoebridge interjecting— Senator WONG: Well, you can laugh, Senator Shoebridge.

You sneer regularly, but it is really unfair to suggest anything other than that we have a different view. We have a different assessment about what is good for workers, we have a different assessment about what is good for businesses and we have a different assessment about what is good for the economy. As Senator Ayres has gone through in detail many times, we believe the priority at the moment should be a domestic gas reservation scheme.

(Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Hodgins-May, second supplementary?