Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:28): Senator Reynolds is right to ask for such a comparison because, as we speak, parliamentarian's pay is frozen. There will be no increase in 2014-15. Evidence from the Australian Public Service Commission at Senate estimates last week noted that recent government pay offers should be seen in the context of falling inflation. Inflation for the year to December 2014 was 1.7 per cent with the RBA forecasting inflation to June this year of 1.25 per cent, while the National Australia Bank is forecasting a rate to December 2015 of only 1.2 per cent. If this is the case, ADF members who were awarded a 1.5 per cent increase last November, and will get further increases, would already be keeping level with inflation for these years. The two per cent pay rise is therefore likely to be better than inflation.