Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:11): As I advised the Senate yesterday, the government has not made a decision to increase the rate of the GST. We are on the public record, and have been on the public record for some time, saying that we have been modelling some options at the request of state and territory governments including, and in particular, the good friend of Senator Conroy: the Labor Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill. There is no news in any of this, because this government is focused on how we can make our tax system more growth friendly, to help facilitate stronger growth and more jobs. We started that process on coming into government by getting rid of Labor's job-destroying carbon tax, by getting rid of Labor's job-destroying mining tax, and by encouraging small business to employ more Australians by providing a company tax cut for small business. The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. It is on direct relevance to the particular question. The specific question was not about whether there was modelling; it was whether the modelling showed an additional revenue of $32.5 billion in 2017-18. It was quite direct. The PRESIDENT: Thank you Senator Moore. I will point out the question to the minister and will advise the minister he has one minute and 11 seconds in which to answer. Senator CORMANN: As I have clearly indicated to the chamber, the government has made no decision to increase the rate of the GST. As such, the question is quite irrelevant.