Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:14): As I highlighted at the outset, the importance of trade to jobs is very clear. What our government has been able to deliver is now some 21 consecutive monthly trade surpluses. That's been fuelled by the fact that Australian businesses are taking advantage of the opportunity created by the trade deals that we have pursued. Australian businesses are selling at record levels. Goods exports, in September, posted a new monthly record high of $34.6 billion. Services exports reached a new monthly peak of $8.6 billion. You can see the tangible benefits from our trade agreements such as, if you look at the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, exports from our state, Senator Fawcett, of fresh or dried almonds, which have gone up from practically nothing to nearly $40 million, thanks to a tariff drop from 24 per cent to zero per cent. Similar things can be seen across other areas of horticulture where tariffs have been eliminated and exports have grown— (Time expired)