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

Of those 88,700 jobs, 74,100 jobs—more than 80 per cent of those jobs coming back—were for women. Women keep getting into jobs, young people keep getting into jobs, Australians keep getting into jobs as a result of the comeback from the COVID-19 recession, because this government stood up for jobs. It stood up for Australians, and it backed in the businesses to keep Australians in jobs.

Women's participation has returned to near the pre-COVID record level of 61.4 per cent. We are seeing Australians come back from this crisis. We are seeing Australia lead the world in the return from the COVID pandemic and the recession it caused.

There is more work to do, and there are many parts of this country which still feel, and will for some time yet, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why we put measures in last year's budget like the tax incentives for Australian businesses to invest, the continued support for key sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the tax cuts that are supporting individual Australians. I can tell you, in response to what's been said by those opposite, that tax cuts for people in jobs matter, and there are more people in jobs today than before.

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