Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management) (14:07): Of course, I can only go off the figures that are in the RIS—that is what they're for. But the point is that in every step of this debate we have seen people from the coalition seize on figures and then misrepresent what they actually stand for. Everything we have heard from the coalition has been a misrepresentation of what the government is proposing to do through this multi-employer bargaining and the various other changes— Opposition senators interjecting — The PRESIDENT: Order! Please resume your seat, Senator Watt. Senator Cash: Sit down! Senator WATT: It's not up to you— The PRESIDENT: Senator Watt, that's not helpful. I am asking those on my left to allow the minister to answer in silence. Senator Cash: Please do, because— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cash, I've just drawn your attention to the noise in the chamber. Minister Watt, please continue. Senator WATT: As I said, everything we have heard from the opposition in this debate is a misrepresentation and is part of a scare campaign. The reason for that is that they will stop at absolutely nothing to stop wages from growing. They were a 10-year government that kept wages and productivity deliberately low, and they are now fighting to the death to stop changes being made to our industrial relations system that will actually deliver better wages for workers and better productivity for businesses. That's what this is really about: the coalition wants to keep the old system in place that kept wages low and kept productivity low. (Time expired)