Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Sometimes you see in soccer an own goal, and that is what this motion is from the hapless member for Charlton—it is simply an own goal. We are quite happy to talk about unemployment—how we are improving it and compare it to the disastrous term of the previous Labor government. I can imagine the member for Charlton sitting down last Thursday preparing his speech on this motion. Unfortunately, the ABS numbers came out last Thursday and they showed that in May there were 42,000 new jobs created in the economy. I can imagine the member for Charlton kicking the cat at such bad news. There were 42,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate is down to six per cent. It is still too high but it is down to six per cent.

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