Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

It cuts deep, Senator Hanson-Young—I'm hurt!—it really does.

An honourable senator interjecting—

I'm definitely not going to sing, that's true. Mr President, these are serious issues. It is why more than $1 billion of additional COVID-19 assistance has been provided to the creative industries, the live-performance industry being a key part of that. But, in addition to all of those funding principles, the work in the national plan to help drive reopening is a key part of that and is something that our government has led, and encouraged the states and territories to follow, to make sure these sectors can get back to business, which I know is what they want to do most. (Time expired)