Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'm terribly sorry; I mispronounced the shadow Treasurer's name! That must be such an offence to him! He is so precious. This is the same shadow Treasurer who cried in Kevin Rudd's office when he was a member. We know how sensitive he is.

Coming back to this serious issue—not the ego of the member for Rankin, which has its own reputation—our industrial relations reforms are about getting Australians back into jobs. Our industrial relations reforms are about ensuring the businesses that employ eight out of 10 Australians have the confidence and ability to go forward and keep employing Australians. These businesses are the ones that have stood by their employees through the course of this great recession of 2020 that was caused as a result of COVID-19, which still remains a mystery to the shadow Treasurer. These industrial relations reforms are supported by the many other changes that were made in the budget and prior to that, whether it was the JobTrainer program—

Dr Freelander interjecting—

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