Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Leichhardt for his question and recognise that over the last 12 months economic growth in Australia strengthened from 1.9 per cent under Labor in the previous 12 months to 2.7 per cent in the last 12 months. So the economy is strengthening under the coalition. I also recognise that, over the course of this year, job growth has been running at twice the speed—over 12,000 new jobs a month compared to 5,000 new jobs a month under Labor. Of course, there is much more work to be done.

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