QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (14:43): Labour market productivity fell 0.2 per cent in the June quarter, taking the total fall under your government to five per cent. It's supposed to go up, not down. The Reserve Bank has flagged this problem as likely to cause an increase in inflation.

Productivity does not mean working harder. It means working smarter, more efficiently and more easily. Minister, what specifically is your government doing to reverse the fall in labour market productivity?