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) (14:11): Yes, I can. Our approach is to build a stronger economy with a stronger budget to ensure that we can afford to pay for the essential government services that Australians rely on over the medium to long term. Labor, on the other hand, when last in government lost complete control of the budget. When Labor lost government the economy was weakening, unemployment was rising and the budget position was rapidly deteriorating, to the point where they couldn't even pay for the listing of new medicines on the PBS. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator CORMANN: I'm told that this is not true. Well, I'm referring to the announcement by the health minister at the time, Ms Roxon, who announced that seven important medicines, for things like preventing the formation of blood clots and treating deep vein thrombosis, treating severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and treating various other diseases, would be deferred until such time as fiscal circumstances would permit. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator McGrath, a final supplementary question.