Senator RUSTON (South Australia—Minister for Families and Social Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:10): I thank Senator Polley very much for her question, because it's obviously a very important issue this week. I'll make a couple of points before I go to the direct question that you asked, Senator Polley. First of all, the decision that has been made by the Morrison government, that was announced yesterday by me and the Prime Minister, related to the extension of temporary measures. I would point out that when a government spends $3.2 billion you can hardly refer to that as a cut. So $3.2 billion of additional funding will be made available to Australians in the first three months of 2021 to continue to provide elevated levels of support for people, particularly those people that have been hardest hit by the COVID pandemic. I would also like the opportunity to advise the chamber that not only has the coronavirus supplement been extended, again—it was extended on 25 September—it will be, again, extended on 1 January for a further three months. But there are a number of other very important measures. I know Senator Siewert will probably understand the importance of some of these other measures; whereas, perhaps, you are not particularly interested, on the other side. By extending the eligibility criteria, many, many more Australians who otherwise would previously not have been able to get access to payment currently are being able to get access to payment. The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Watt, a point of order? Senator Watt: On relevance, Mr President. The minister did promise us that at some point she'd get to answering the question. How many unemployed Australians are there for every job vacancy right now? The PRESIDENT: That was the first part of the question, Senator Watt. I'll allow you to remind the minister of that. The second part was somewhat more general, referring to other factors. I can't instruct the minister which part of a question to answer or to be directly relevant to. Senator Ruston. Senator RUSTON: The really good news is that ANZ jobs data has indicated that from September to October we've had a 9.4 per cent increase in the number of job advertisements. We have also seen— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, on a point of order? Senator Wong: In nine seconds there was a question that the minister should be able to answer, which is, 'How many unemployed people for every job vacancy?' The PRESIDENT: I remind the Senate—that was the first part of the question, Senator Wong. There was a lengthier second part of the question. Specific questions have very tight tests for direct relevance. The second part of the question was much more general in nature and the minister, by talking about that particular statistic, in my view, is directly relevant to that part of the question. Senator Ruston. Senator RUSTON: There are a range of measures, in relation to the number of job vacancies, and it would depend on which measure you use, what answer you would get. The PRESIDENT: Senator Polley, a supplementary question?