Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Minister for Finance, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:11): I thank Senator Gallagher for her question. The Governor of the Reserve Bank had some things to say today as well. An honourable senator: He did! Senator BIRMINGHAM: He did. To quote him, he said: … we have now turned the corner and a recovery is underway. An opposition senator interjecting— Senator BIRMINGHAM: No, it does, Senator, and it's offensive that you would suggest otherwise. It matters a great deal—indeed, in my answer to the previous question, I was very clear in acknowledging that there are Australian businesses and households who are still doing it tough. We know that. This is a global pandemic that Australia has faced, and we've faced it better than the rest of the world. We've faced it as a nation. We, as a government, don't take full credit by any means; we know that this has been a partnership with hardworking Australians and with Australians in business who have come through these tough times. This has been a partnership with the states and territories in terms of their responses. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order, Senators Keneally and Gallagher. Senator BIRMINGHAM: At every step of the way we have sought to work with Australians to get the results that have kept Australians in a much better place. Senator McAllister interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator McAllister. Senator BIRMINGHAM: I don't know whether those opposite would rather be in any other country right now, but I tell you what most Australians know: they would rather be here, because in Australia they are safer than they would be in virtually any other country in the world. They also know that in Australia their jobs, their businesses and their livelihoods are safer than in virtually any other advanced economy around the world. That is the result of the types of policies that have been deployed across Australia, but it doesn't mean that the crisis is over. Far from that, we know very well that there are more Australians who need to get back to work and that there are Australian businesses that are still doing it tough. That's why the budget we handed down this year, our economic recovery plan, focuses on job creation and investment driving the things that will help the recovery to continue. The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Birmingham. Senator Gallagher, a supplementary question?