Senator SINODINOS (New South Wales—Assistant Treasurer) (14:40): The coalition is setting aside at least two parliamentary sitting days each year for the express purpose of repealing counterproductive, unnecessary or redundant regulation and legislation. As part of the deregulation agenda, the government will drive cultural change through government— Senator Conroy interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Conroy, you are not assisting the conduct of question time by constant interjections. Senator SINODINOS: The coalition is committed to a new approach where questions must be asked first before new regulations are passed, including: what is the purpose, what is the cost and what is the impact on productivity? Only after those questions are answered and only when it is necessary and there are no sensible alternatives available should government to proceed to regulate. The government is also seeking to improve the performance of our regulators. An important element of this is developing a framework for auditing the performance of our regulators, which we have asked the Productivity Commission to do.