Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:00): We will continue to consider all options to help boost women's superannuation. But let me point out that the coalition has a very proud track record when it comes to introducing real, tangible measures to help women save for their retirement, including of course the low-income superannuation tax offset, which benefits around 1.9 million women by over $500 million; levelling the playing field by scrapping restrictions on who can make personal deductible contributions, benefitting 800,000 Australians, including those women who are working in roles without access to formal salary sacrificing arrangements— The PRESIDENT: Senator O'Neill, on a point of order. Senator O'Neill: Mr President, the question required a response to some specific requests. I asked whether the minister could confirm that women retire on 42 per cent less super than men or $113,000 less. Could the minister go to the detail of the question and say whether he will support Labor, rather than go on with his list? The PRESIDENT: Senator O'Neill, I cannot instruct the minister how to answer the question, as long as he is being directly relevant. He is being directly relevant to the question. Senator CORMANN: Thank you very much, Mr President. In response to the substantive question at the end of the Senate's question, I said that the government would continue to consider all options to help boost women's super. But I am also pointing out our very strong track record, including our measure to enable catch-up concessional contributions, which will benefit 230,000 Australian, including those women with interrupted work patterns or irregular income, such as farmers and carers. Of course, what Labor will do is increase taxes on superannuation, abolish the flexibility afforded by the government's catch-up contributions and keep restrictions on who can make personal deductible contributions. This will hurt the retirement savings of anyone with irregular income or work patterns, including mothers and carers who have taken time out of the workforce. The government has introduced the comprehensive Protecting Your Super Package, which will stop the rorts and rip-offs in the superannuation sector, providing significant benefits to the financial security of millions of Australian women. Around two million women who hold low-balance inactive accounts will be protected from erosion through excessive fees and inappropriate insurance. Around 1.6 million women who are still contributing to low-balance accounts will also see hundreds of millions of dollars— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator O'Neill, a supplementary question.