Hon MICHAEL WOOD (Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety): No, for two key reasons. Firstly, since the economic forecast that that advice was based on, the economic situation has dramatically improved. Unemployment is now down to 4.9 percent and benefit numbers are declining. Treasury's forecasts going forward are also improving. Secondly, similar advice has been provided on minimum wage increases year after year, and the actual result under this Government has been that we have been able to deliver improved employment outcomes for all of the groups mentioned in the member's question, while also ensuring that people have a decent standard of living through good minimum wage increases.