Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:08): I thank Senator Paterson for that question. I am pleased to advise the Senate that hardworking Australians are embracing our lower income taxes agenda with gusto. They are embracing, of course, the opportunity that it brings in terms of strengthening the economy moving forward, creating more jobs. Indeed, I can advise the Senate that the number of tax returns already submitted to the Australian Taxation Office is exceeding those which have been submitted in previous years very strongly. As of this morning, the tax office has received over 2.9 million lodgements, which is a 19 per cent increase, or more than 460,000 more lodgements, than this time last year. Already, more than 1.3 million individual taxpayers have received their income tax refunds, with the ATO having processed over 1.3 million individual 2019 income tax refunds, with a total value of $3.1 billion. Senator Payne: It's real money! Senator CORMANN: This equates to an average tax refund amount of $2,381 and, as Senator Payne quite rightly says, that is real money. That is real money into workers' pockets, it is real money into the economy and it is real money that will stimulate the economy and help create more jobs into the future. Of course, on behalf of millions of Australians that stand to benefit from our lower income taxes agenda, we again thank the Senate for having strongly, in the end, endorsed our plan for lower taxes, a stronger economy and more jobs, even though it took some perhaps a bit longer than others. In addition, the ATO has received over 1.3 million calls, which is over 500,000 more than this time last year. The response by hardworking Australians once again demonstrates why it was so important that the government worked so hard with the Senate and others to get our tax cut package through the parliament. The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Cormann. Senator Paterson, a supplementary question.