Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:05): I thank Senator Bragg for that question. Indeed, we have kept the economy growing and created more jobs, despite the headwinds we've been facing, and we have controlled our expenditure growth. I'm pleased to report that that's why in 2018-19 our budget has returned to balance for the first time in 11 years. The underlying cash balance in the final budget outcome for 2018-19 is $13.8 billion better than estimated at the time of the budget. Senator Watt: You should be ashamed! The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt! Senator CORMANN: The $680 million deficit represents 0.0 per cent of gross domestic product. Keeping the economy growing, boosting employment growth and controlling expenditure growth have been the key features of our budget repair effort. Senator Watt: Are you proud of making people wait for wheelchairs? The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt! Senator CORMANN: Nominal GDP grew by 5.3 per cent, significantly higher than the 2018-19 budget forecast of 3¾ per cent. This is the third year in a row that the underlying cash balance in the final budget outcome is materially better than anticipated at the time of the budget. Over the past three years the final underlying cash balance outcome was $37 billion better than forecast at budget. Compare that to Labor's last three years in government, when the outcome was $70 billion worse than forecast at budget time. Furthermore, this is also the fifth year in a row—five out of five—that the employment growth outcome is better than forecast at budget time: 2.7 per cent employment growth last year followed by 2.6 per cent this year, well above the 1.5 per cent forecast at budget time— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! On my right and left! Senator CORMANN: and well above the 1.9 per cent long-term average. For the second year in a row we kept spending as a share of GDP below the long-run average of 24.7 per cent. Spending as a share of GDP was headed for 26½ per cent under Labor and rising and is now down to 24.6 per cent. The PRESIDENT: Order! Before I call Senator Bragg, despite Senator Cormann having a very loud voice, I was struggling to hear him. Senator Watt, I did call you to attention a number of times. While there is something about that particular seat that does amplify someone's voice from my experience, I would ask you to spend the next answer pondering silence for a while. On my right they should not be responding to disorderly interjections when I repeatedly call them to order. Senator Bragg.