Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Fact No. 2: the Nation Building and Jobs Plan was estimated to lift growth by around one-half of one per cent in 2008-09 and by three-quarters of one per cent to one per cent in 2009-10 and to support up to 90,000 jobs. They are the facts; they are laid out for everybody to see. They are acknowledged by the business community. The Business Council of Australia, the Australian Industry Group and ACCI all acknowledge this—but not the federal opposition. They are so far out of touch that they do not understand the importance of the fiscal stimulus or the investments that we will make on a temporary basis to support employment in the Australian economy. I will tell you why. It is because the Leader of the Opposition does not walk in the same shopping aisles as the average Australian.

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