Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:05): Australians are certainly not to believe the Leader of the Opposition on this issue. But I am very happy to answer the question about the mining boom. Minister Ferguson is absolutely right when he says the mining boom, in terms of the commodity prices that we have seen, is over, which is why the government have factored that assumption into our budget. That is why the budget assumes the terms of trade will step down—because we understand that the elevated prices that we have seen for Australia's commodities over these last few years cannot continue. That is why we have factored that into the budget. There is no suggestion that the investment pipeline is somehow turned off. We have half a trillion dollars of investment in the pipeline in the resources sector in this country. Over 50 per cent of that is at the advanced stage. The opposition do not want to hear that. They want to talk down the economy. They want to talk down South Australia. They do not like to defend Australian jobs. (Time expired)