QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:39): Well, the short answer to that is no. This government has done more to address productivity than any that I can recall in the time that I have served in this chamber.

I note that One Nation voted against our tax cuts last week. I note that One Nation voted against making housing work better for all Australians, particularly younger Australians, who increasingly feel locked out of the housing market, because they are. We've taken a decision to change that.

We think it's the right thing to do to make sure that our tax system works in the interests of all Australians in a fairer and more balanced way. That is the decision we took. As the Treasurer said yesterday, when you're faced with these challenges, you can make two decisions: do nothing—ignore and allow that to continue—or seek to make changes that make it better for people.

That's what we do on this side of the chamber. On that side of the chamber, increasingly, more often than not—in fact, I think it's very, very rare, Senator Bell, for you not to vote with the Liberal and National parties. You take that view, that you want to oppose change and you want to maintain the status quo.

I don't know how you explain that to your constituents, Senator Bell, when they're worried about getting into housing and you say: 'Oh, no, the housing system is working fine. No change required here.' We take a different view. We've had a lot of discussion in relation to productivity in this place.

The slowest productivity growth in the last 60 years was in the decade between 2010 and 2020. We have a number of measures in the budget specifically looking at driving productivity growth. Treasury has endorsed our tax reform as meeting our productivity— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Bell, first supplementary?