Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:15): I thank Senator Cormann for his question, which can best be summarised as him saying to us, 'You're bad, we're good'. I think that was the whole tenor of the question, which of course I disagree with. So, that has taken the debate a long way forward. It is surprising, a day after the parliament has supported action on climate change— Senator Mason: It isn't the parliament! Senator WONG: All right, the House of Representatives—that part of the parliament—has supported action on climate change, has supported pricing pollution, has supported policies which are about jobs, job creation, reducing the risk to our children, and all that those opposite can do is come in and continue to harp about a whole range of details which they often get incorrect. The modelling builds on the modelling which was released in the previous parliament—the largest modelling exercise ever undertaken in Australia's history. Senator Scullion: Show it to us. Senator WONG: I invite the senator to go and read it because a lot of information, including assumptions, was provided. That modelling shows that the economy continues to grow, average incomes continue to grow, jobs continue to grow and carbon pollution falls by 160 million tonnes from what it otherwise would have been. These are the facts and they are the facts that Senator Cormann simply cannot bear. Senator Cormann interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cormann, you asked the question. I am trying to listen to the answer. Senator WONG: He cannot bear the fact that the premier economic advisers to government, whether it is a Labor government or a Liberal government, have said, 'You can price carbon and grow your economy, you can price carbon and increase the number of jobs, you can price carbon and incomes will still grow and you can grow your renewable energy industry and grow clean jobs for the future'. He cannot bear that proposition and all his questions stem from that fact.