Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:44): I would just again say that I reject the premise of that final part of the question. We want every single Australian to have the best possible opportunity to get back into work. Let me say that of course the food and accommodation services have been particularly hard hit. We are dealing with a one-in-a-hundred-year global pandemic with devastating impacts all around the world, including here in Australia, but we are performing comparatively better than other parts of the world. But let me say, you talk about tourism and hospitality services across Eden-Monaro. They would be in so much better a position if only the Queensland state Labor government opened those state borders and those people from Brisbane who want to go to the snow in Eden-Monaro could go and— The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Cormann. Senator Watt, on a point of order? Senator Watt: My point of order goes to relevance. It seems the minister needs to be reminded that Eden-Monaro is not in Queensland; it is in New South Wales. The PRESIDENT: Order! I'm not going to rule on that point of order. To be fair, I was not listening at that point. I was taking advice from one of the whips. I will continue to listen to the minister's answer. Senator Cormann. Senator CORMANN: It is clear that those socialists over there don't understand the implications of closed state borders. The closed state borders mean Queenslanders are restricted from going into the snow in Eden-Monaro without going back into quarantine for a couple of weeks. Honourable senators interjecting— Senator CORMANN: Clearly, this is why the Labor Party always stuff up the economy, because they don't understand the basic fact that closed borders actually restrict economic activity. There would be more jobs in Eden-Monaro if the people of Brisbane could go to the snow in Thredbo and, indeed, if they could go to all the fantastic restaurants and accommodation facilities all around the seat of Eden-Monaro. It is the state Labor government in Queensland that is holding those jobs back and the state Labor government in Queensland should open those borders now. The PRESIDENT: Order. I'm going to ask senators on both sides to take a breath and count to 10 when I start naming them and calling them to order. Senator Ayres, a supplementary question?