Senator CORMANN (Western Australia) (14:19): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Why is the government so surprised that, in the wake of significant increases in the cost of doing business in Australia as a result of the carbon tax, the mining tax, a plethora of other new or increased taxes and more than 18,000 regulations, businesses like BHP Billiton decide to reduce their investments in Australia, such as at Olympic Dam? Is the government really so out of touch that it thinks that no amount of additional taxation and red tape will have an impact on our economic fortunes and our cost of living?