Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): The Government is actually continuing to close the wage gap with Australia, which had got worse under the previous National-ACT Government. Since the 2017 election, average weekly earnings in New Zealand have been rising, on average, by 3.3 percent per year compared to 2.9 percent per year in Australia, according to the latest data from our respective statistics agencies. In answer, further, to the second part of the question, the Government is continuing to roll out our plan to secure the recovery from COVID-19, which has seen our quarterly unemployment rate fall to 4 percent compared to an equivalent rate of 5.2 percent for Australia in the June quarter. Our employment rate for 15- to 64-year-olds, at 77.6 percent, is also higher than Australia's, at 75.3 percent.