Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I note that the unemployment rate in the member for Blair’s electorate is now 5.2 per cent. In the last year of Labor it was 9.4 per cent. As I just said, sound economic management gives business the platform to be able to create jobs. That was confirmed by an overnight OECD report, and I urge the deputy leader to listen to this carefully. The OECD report backed our Work Choices legislation by saying that—

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