Senator WONG (South Australia—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Finance and Deregulation) (14:10): The first and simple answer to that question is that fiscal policy is an important part of good economic management. We saw today— Senator Abetz interjecting— Senator WONG: I am sure Senator Abetz is one of the few people in the country who are not happy about this, but we saw today unemployment figures come out which showed that 926,000 jobs have been created since the Labor government came to office in 2007 and, as pleasingly, also an increase— Senator Abetz: And what was your promise? The PRESIDENT: Order! I remind those on my left that silence should persist during the answer of the minister. Senator Abetz: What was your promise? The PRESIDENT: Order! I just said silence should be there for the minister's answer. The minister. Senator WONG: Thank you, Mr President. As pleasingly, the participation rate also increased. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, resume your seat. If you insist on interjecting then I will insist on pulling up the business of the Senate. Being disorderly is completely unacceptable. The minister. Senator WONG: Thank you, Mr President. Isn't it interesting how the coalition do not like good economic outcomes? They do not like good jobs figures for Australians. Here they are bleating and interjecting because they do not want to talk about 926,000 jobs. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, just resume your seat. Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister. Senator WONG: Thank you, Mr President. I am asked about the Parliamentary Budget Office and why it is important that the government take action to help the ability of parties to properly cost policies. The very simple answer is: Joe Hockey needs some help. The PRESIDENT: You need to refer to— Senator WONG: Mr Hockey needs some help. The PRESIDENT: Thank you. Senator WONG: Mr Hockey needs a lot of help when it comes to his fiscal position. What do we see at the moment? Mr Hockey, who went to London and beat his chest—he is into the chest beating—and said: The Age of Entitlement is over. And he said: We need to keep our pencils sharpened when it comes to entitlements. Ah, them's fighting words! We now find out that, despite his position, he gets rolled in the shadow ministry by Mr Kevin Andrews. The big tough Joe Hockey gets rolled by Mr Kevin Andrews. The PRESIDENT: Order! You need to refer to people by the right title. Senator WONG: Mr Hockey gets rolled by Mr Andrews. Someone put it very well—it might have been the Treasurer: 'If you get rolled by the member for Menzies you've really got a problem!' So the simple answer is that when it comes to— (Time expired) Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: When the interjections, which are disorderly, have ceased we will continue question time.