Mr HOCKEY (North Sydney—The Treasurer) (14:07): I thank the honourable member for his question and I note that, on every indicator that we inherited from the previous government, Australia has been lagging behind many others in the world. Opposition members interjecting— Mr HOCKEY: Oh, Labor has such a proud record! $123 billion of deficit—that's a great record! Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Treasurer will resume his seat. Mr Hockey interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Treasurer will resume his seat. Mr Hockey: I was on a roll! The SPEAKER: The Treasurer may be on a roll, but so is the noise level in the chamber, and it will kindly desist. Otherwise, some people might find themselves outside. The Treasurer has the call— Ms Owens interjecting— The SPEAKER: and the member for Parramatta is warned! Mr HOCKEY: And, of course, the Labor Party left us over the last five years with economic growth at below trend. What does that mean? It means that 200,000 Australians have lost their jobs. Mr Swan interjecting— Mr HOCKEY: I see there is an interjection from the member for Lilley, who has a very nice suntan. He has been spending a lot of time explaining how good he was to the rest of the world. Dr Chalmers interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Rankin will remove himself under 94(a). The member for Rankin then left the chamber. Mr HOCKEY: I am sure that during that explanation, which must have gone on for a lengthy one-week period— Ms Collins interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Franklin will remove herself under 94(a). The member for Franklin then left the chamber. Mr HOCKEY: The member for Lilley, who was the architect of the mining tax, who was the architect of the carbon tax, who oversaw an economy that over five years had four years of below-trend growth— Mr Watts interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Gellibrand will join the other two and remove himself as well. The member for Gellibrand then left the chamber. Mr HOCKEY: The member for Lilley, who said he would deliver a surplus not once, not twice but 321 times, did not deliver one single surplus, but he put a newsletter around his electorate saying he had actually delivered a surplus. I love you, Swannie; come back! Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I rise on two points of order: one under standing order 104(a) and, second, referring to members by their title. The Treasurer is a serial offender. The SPEAKER: I request the Treasurer refer to members by their proper titles. Mr HOCKEY: The member for Lilley, former Treasurer—the world's greatest, apparently— Honourable members interjecting— Mr HOCKEY: No, no, don't humour him; I'm trying to encourage him! The fact is he was the architect of the mining tax that is now being debated in the Senate. Ms Owens interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta will remove herself under 94(a). The member for Parramatta then left the chamber. Mr HOCKEY: I say to the member for Lilley, as I say to the Leader of the Opposition: do not go to Perth and tell them how much you hate that mining tax and then come back here and vote against repealing it. I say to the Leader of the Opposition: be consistent from one side of the continent to the other. Come back here, vote against the mining tax and give the people of Western Australia a chance to have more jobs.