Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:53): Senator Bullock, the state of the labour market is in fact very good. This year, over 110,000 new jobs have been created. Since the election of the Abbott government, more than— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Moore, on a point of order. Senator Moore: Mr President, on a point of order to do with direct relevance: the question was specifically about wages growth and the minister is not moving in that direction at all. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Moore. I will remind the minister of the question. Minister, you have 45 seconds in which to answer. Senator BRANDIS: I will reach your question, Senator Bullock, but I thought I ought to point out that overall labour market conditions are very buoyant at the moment, with the rate of growth of job creation quadruple what it was under the Labor government. In relation to the figure for wages growth that you quote, Senator Bullock, that is an actual figure, not a nominal figure. It has to take into account inflation, which is historically very low at the moment. If you were to look at the actual wages growth, the differential as opposed to the nominal figure, I think you would find that wages growth is very healthy at the moment in this country as well.