Senator COLBECK (Tasmania—Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians and Minister for Youth and Sport) (14:43): The one thing that we are doing is ensuring that we keep the fundamentals of the Australian economy strong—that's what we're doing—so that every young Australian has the opportunity for employment. As I explained yesterday, we've got a number of employment programs in place to assist young people to work their way through the system, but if, as the Labor Party projected at the last election, they had imposed $387 billion in new taxes on the Australian economy, where would the Australian economy be today? And how much of that $387 billion in new taxes did they project for youth programs? They actually voted to remove youth programs that we put in place, so I don't intend to be lectured by the Labor Party with respect to how we manage the Australian economy. We have said that we will continue to maintain our economic settings by keeping the economy strong despite the global headwinds that have been projected by the IMF, and, in those circumstances, by opening up new markets— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Ayres? Senator Ayres: A point of order on relevance: I wonder if the minister might be able to find in his folder one relevant point that he could make in relation to young people in the Southern Highlands and in the Shoalhaven, whose unemployment rate is 20 per cent? Senator Cormann: On the point of order: the minister was being directly relevant. Honourable senators interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Cormann, I can't hear you. Senator Cormann: No amount of condescending commentary will hide the fact that the minister was directly relevant. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Minister, you were being broadly relevant. Part of the question was directly related to the Shoalhaven. I would just remind you of that. Please continue. Senator COLBECK: Thank you, Madam Deputy President. The point of order clearly demonstrates that the Labor Party clearly don't understand the link between the economy and the capacity of young Australians—or any Australian for that matter—to get a job. If raising a point of order such as that is their demonstration of how their view relates to the strength of— Opposition senators interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Opposition senators interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Cormann. Senator Cormann: The interjections are disorderly; this is another level of disorder. Madam Deputy President, I ask you to call the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate to order. She's been harassing the minister, who has been trying to answer the question. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Cormann. Senator Wong. Opposition senators interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! I need to be able to hear the point of order. Senator Wong: Madam Deputy President, on the point of order: I will always respond to a call to order by whoever is in the chair. I have to say that I thought I had been very gentle with this minister today. We have one in five young people unemployed in this region, so perhaps he could treat the question with some respect. Senator Colbeck interjecting— The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Thank you, Minister; I have identified that as a debating point. I remind all senators that the minister does have the right to be heard in silence and that interjections are disorderly. Minister, please continue your response. Senator COLBECK: Thank you, Madam Deputy President. The Labor Party can run all the points of order they like. They can make all the personal comments they like. After complaining about people being personal yesterday— (Time expired) The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator Ayres, your first supplementary?