Senator CASH (Western Australia—Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) (14:32): I thank Senator Chandler for her question. Indeed, the labour force figures released today for August 2019 show that the economy under a coalition government continues— Senator Watt interjecting— Senator Cormann: On a point of order: interjections are disorderly. Senator Watt might be from a union background, but he doesn't have to constantly interject at Senator Cash. The PRESIDENT: I have asked Senator Watt on a couple of occasions to count to five after I call him to order. I'm going to now ask him to count to 10 slowly before he interjects and breaks standing orders again. Senator CASH: As I was saying, the labour force figures for August 2019 show that the economy continues to create jobs under the Morrison government. In fact, almost 35,000 jobs were created in the month of August, and employment has now risen for 35 consecutive months in a row. This is actually the longest consecutive run of jobs growth in over 40 years. We also continue to see record jobs growth. Total employment is now at almost 13 million. That is a record high. We also have a record number of young Australians in employment, with almost two million Australians aged between 18 and 24 now in work. In the last 12 months 186,000 full-time jobs have been created, and as at August 2019 almost 1.45 million more Australians are in jobs since the coalition was elected to government in 2013. In terms of the participation rate, it is at a record high of 66.2 per cent. What does that say about the Australian people? They are putting their hands up. They are encouraged by the employment growth. They are voting with their feet. As our Minister for Finance—our incredibly successful finance minister, given what he brought down today, colleagues—absolutely has said, they are putting their hands up and saying, 'We are ready, willing and able to work and we have confidence'— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Chandler, a supplementary question?