John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I was referring to the member for Batman by a rather more affectionate term than ‘you’. In reply to the member for Capricornia, I will tell you what is right: the three charges made against Work Choices by Labor and the unions have all been proved wrong. That is what is right. The first charge that was made against Work Choices was that it was going to cause enormous unemployment. The problem with that charge and why it falls to the ground is that, in almost seven months, we have had 205,000 new jobs created in Australia.

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