House debates Matters of Public Importance

Employment

Tuesday, 12 May 2009 House of Representatives

Jason Clare

Jason Clare Blaxland, Australian Labor Party

4:57 pm

The nonsense of this matter of public importance was revealed in the Treasury modelling that was published in the newspapers today. That modelling showed that, were it not for the government’s actions—if the government had not acted to stimulate the economy—200,000 more Australians would be unemployed at the peak of this recession than would otherwise be the case.

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