Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, the honourable member has asked about pay at Penrith Plaza. Let me tell the honourable member: the driver of economic growth in Penrith and everywhere else in the country is investment. That is what drives jobs—more investment, more jobs. More people have an income; more people go shopping at Penrith Plaza. The idea that a policy-free zone, the Labor Party, dripping with nothing more than envy and malice, is going to deliver jobs in Penrith Plaza or anywhere else is very naive. Envy, bitterness and malice are not going to get people hired in Penrith Plaza. What that needs is investment, confidence and employment. There were 240,000 new jobs over the last year. That's what's being delivered: strong investment—getting stronger—supported by the government and supported by policies that back in growth and will ensure that the constituents of the honourable member will have a greater opportunity under the leadership we're providing than under the envious bitterness of the Labor Party.

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