Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:39): The firm plans that this government has are the plans that it took to the last election and that are, of course, reflected in its budget. I am pleased to report to Senator Bernardi and to the Senate that more than $16 billion worth of tax refunds has been put into the pockets of hardworking Australians as a result of the income tax relief that was legislated by the Senate in that first sitting week in July. I refer to the recent statements by the Governor of the Reserve Bank. He made the point that he expected, looking forward, growth in Australia to strengthen, to be around trend over the next couple of years. That outlook is being supported by a low level of interest rates, recent tax cuts, ongoing spending on infrastructure, signs of stabilisation in some established housing markets and a pick-up in the resources sector. Our government continues to implement our plan for a stronger economy, with $300 billion of income tax relief, providing incentive to hardworking Australians, encouraging them to get ahead; lower taxes for business; an ambitious infrastructure investment program, with a pipeline of $100 billion worth of investment; and an ambitious free trade agenda. We are working to cover 90 per cent of our exports in products and services with free trade agreements—it was 26 per cent when we came into government—to give better access to key markets around the world. And we have an ambitious plan to bring down electricity prices for business and households. The Australian people were presented with two alternative plans for the economy moving forward. They opted for our plan of lower taxes, stronger growth, more jobs and higher wages over time. If you look at the last 12 months: 2.6 per cent growth in employment compared to 1½ per cent employment growth when the budget was delivered for the 2018-19 financial year. It is very clear that our plan is starting to work. (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Bernardi, a supplementary question?