Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (15:00): Well, Senator Collins, I am a senior Liberal figure, and I can, so let me tell you about them: 3.3 per cent GDP growth in the last year—the highest increase in the rate of growth of any G20 nation, and the highest rate of growth in the G7— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Wong: A point of order: I think that the leader of the government is continuing to mislead the Senate, and I would ask that he correct; Australia does not have the highest growth rate of the G20. The PRESIDENT: That is a debating point, Senator Wong. Senator Wong: No, it is not; it is a fact. It is called a number: 3.3. India is 7.1— The PRESIDENT: But also it is a debating point during the course of this— Senator Wong: China is 6.7. You can't even read your statistics properly! The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Wong: He should correct the record! The PRESIDENT: Attorney-General— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! There are other places for this to occur. There is no point of order. Attorney-General. Senator BRANDIS: I know that Senator Wong hates to hear the good economic news about Australia: almost 220,000 new jobs created; a $195 billion spend on defence capability over the next 10 years, which puts Australia— Opposition senators interjecting— Senator BRANDIS: in a sector in which the government of which you were a member did not make a single decision in six years; a shipbuilding plan which involves the construction of 54 new naval vessels in Australia, when the government of which you, Senator, were a member did not construct a single naval vessel in Australia in six years; over three million Australian premises now connected to the NBN; more Australian premises connected to the NBN in the last month than in all six years that the government of which you were a member was in office; investment in critical telecommunications infrastructure in regional Australia, which will extend the NBN to people in regional Australia, even though— Senator Conroy interjecting— Senator Kim Carr interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Conroy and Senator Carr! Senator BRANDIS: that would never have occurred to Senator Collins— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! On my left! Senator Conroy interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Conroy! Order! Before I take the point of order from Senator Cameron, I have observed people leaving the gallery through the noise. Senator Cameron, a point of order. Senator Cameron: A point of order: this is a health and safety issue. I am worried about Senator Brandis—he might have a heart attack here if he keeps going the way he is going! The PRESIDENT: There is no point of order. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! On my left! Can we just have a bit more decorum. We are now on the last question. Attorney-General, you have the call. Senator BRANDIS: Now, where was I? Free trade agreements with China, with Japan, with South Korea—none of which was able to be achieved in the six long years during which the government of which you were a member was in power; free trade agreements now under negotiation and close to completion— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: A supplementary question, Senator Collins.