Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

In answer to the question from the honourable member for Perth, Qantas is doing what the government wants it to do—that is, creating jobs for Australians. What the opposition does not seem to understand is that Qantas, through the Jetstar subsidiary, just in the last week has created 200 new jobs for Australians. In this debate, the one word you will never uttered hear from the lips of the Leader of the Opposition is ‘jobs’. When did anybody in Australia last hear the Leader of the Opposition or the Labor Party talk about jobs? To quote Mr Dixon, the CEO of Qantas:

We have created jobs, unlike just about every other airline in the world. We can continue to create jobs if we can change the way we operate further, and we are going to do that.

This government supports Mr Dixon and Qantas in creating jobs.

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