Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:29): I thank Senator Tyrrell for the question and for the heads-up that she was going to ask a question around Australia's migration settings and policies and the economic benefit that comes from having a country that has been enriched and whose economy has been supported by a strong and mainly tripartisan or multipartisan approach to utilising the skills and capabilities of— Lights in the chamber having flickered — The PRESIDENT: Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: Filling workforce shortages and gaps, increasing the skills available for businesses, driving productivity and innovation, increasing and contributing to significant economic growth, enhancing business and entrepreneurship and increasing consumer demand are all things that support the continuation of a strong, sustainable migration policy. In fact, Senator Tyrrell, you often asked me questions in this place about health care and Medicare when I was repping that portfolio. I think, where we have demand for skills that far outstrips the ability to supply those, anyone who goes into a hospital or an aged-care facility or, in fact, many of those industries that support care across our economy will see migrants there who've been brought in under various programs to support the delivery of services to the Australian community. If you look at doctor shortages or if you look at nursing shortages in allied health and the care economy more broadly, these jobs are critical to supporting our economy, our economic growth and our productivity agenda. Without migrants coming in on a sustainable program—and, as we have noticed in the last few years, net overseas migration has actually declined more than 40 per cent— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Tyrrell, first supplementary?