Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Deputy Leader of the Opposition from moving immediately that the House acknowledges that under the Howard Government:

(1)

over 2.1 million new jobs were created;

(2)

real wages increased by 21 per cent;

(3)

industrial disputes dropped to the lowest level on record; and

(4)

unemployment dropped to a 33 year low.

The suspension of standing orders is necessary because the government has passed a motion—

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