QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:54): I have a fair degree of respect for Senator Kovacic, so I will try and respond in a respectful way because I think that was not a question she should have been given. It is a demonstration of the fact that those opposite have no capacity to engage on the basis of the tax policy, so they have to— Senator Cash: You demonstrated you have no capacity to answer one question— Senator WONG: May I finish?

The PRESIDENT: Senator Cash, come to order. Senator WONG: Those on that side, those opposite, have no capacity to engage with the debate on tax, so they have to make up a scare campaign on taxes which do not exist. Most importantly, and I again say this to the coalition senators: you are about to vote for higher taxes.

Be very, very clear that Senator Hume and Senator Cash, under Mr Taylor's leadership, are going to make you vote for higher taxes for working Australians. (Time expired)