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) (14:33): We do keep coming back to the same desire of the opposition to narrow a complex area of reform. Our intention is to make sure that Australian workers are better off—all Australian workers are better off—by virtue of there being more jobs for Australian workers. The more jobs there are for Australian workers, the more confidence every Australian worker should have— The PRESIDENT: Order. I've got Senator Watt on his feet. Senator Watt? Senator Watt: I could not have made the question more specific. It's very simple: can the minister guarantee that no worker will be worse off? The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt, I think, with respect, when the minister is talking about—while I hasten not to get into the language of it—the BOOT test and aspects like that, I do think that is directly relevant because that addresses the specific question, but not in the terms you seek. You can debate that afterwards. I think the minister, on this question and the previous one, when I mentioned that, did turn to that specific nature and was directly relevant. Senator BIRMINGHAM: The fact is that every Australian is better off when we have a stronger economy. Every Australian is better off when we have more jobs being created. Every Australian will have more job security when there are more job opportunities across the Australian economy. Every Australian will be better off in terms of the services that can be provided, in terms of the potential for wages growth, when we have the highest possible rates of employment in this country. That's what we are seeking to do right across our whole economic performance.