Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance) (14:17): The chutzpah of that question is unbelievable. At the end of six years of Labor government we inherited a weakening economy, rising unemployment, low consumer confidence and a bad budget position which was rapidly deteriorating. We are now in a stronger position than what we were, and these guys, because we have not fixed up six years of Labor mess, six years of Labor chaos and dysfunction, in 18 months, say, 'Look here: the economy's not growing strongly enough in order to absorb population growth'. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Dastyari: Mr President, a point order on relevance: I do not want to extend the chutzpah, but I clearly stated the question to ask whether or not he could confirm a series of figures. The minister has not addressed the question. The PRESIDENT: The minister is certainly providing background relevant to the subject. I remind the minister of the question. He has 27 seconds in which to answer. Senator CORMANN: Let me put it very slowly to you, Senator Dastyari. Under your government the country was heading in the wrong direction. The economy was weakening, unemployment was rising, consumer confidence was very low. We have actually turned the situation around. We are now heading in the right direction. Have we reached the destination yet that we ultimately want to get to? No. There is of course more work to be done. We still have to pass a whole range of structural reforms in the budget to help to strengthen economic growth further. (Time expired)