Sharon Grierson (Newcastle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Howard government would know this if some of them came out into the real world and asked some real people about it. They should perhaps ask the 8,000 people aged between 15 and 24 who are unemployed in my electorate of Newcastle whether they think it is an adequate response. Ask the 300,000 Australians that the Howard government has turned away from university and TAFE whether it is an adequate response.

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