Who was in government between 2009 and 2012?

Opposition members interjecting—

Members opposite, led by their leader, are bellowing, 'No excuses!' I do not intend to offer excuses for Labor's bad performance. They offer excuses; I will not. I must tell the Leader of the Opposition that academic standards declined seriously when he was the education minister, when the former government was in power, despite—

Mr Brendan O'Connor interjecting—