Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Finance, Special Minister of State and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:58): Everything we do as part of our economic agenda is about making sure that working families in Braddon and right around Australia have the best possible opportunity to get ahead. Our national economic plan for jobs and growth is all about making sure that more jobs are being created, that there's more competition for workers, so that business has to pay more to secure their services. We want higher wages for the people in Braddon. If we continue to create more jobs, wages will go up. If the Labor Party were to get back into government and we had Mr Shorten's plan for higher taxes, there'd be fewer jobs, higher unemployment and lower wages. I have a reason to rate the first speech of the member for Bass— The PRESIDENT: Senator Farrell on a point of order. Senator Farrell: The point of order is relevance, Mr President. There was a very specific question asked: 'Isn't it clear that the Turnbull government has no interest in looking out for workers in Braddon?' Could you please direct the minister to answer that question. The PRESIDENT: The minister is being directly relevant to a very long question. Senator CORMANN: I would encourage the people of Braddon to look carefully at what the member for Bass has said. He said that when small business does well everyone does well. Small business will do badly if Bill Shorten gets to increase taxes on business, as he has said he would do. (Time expired)