House debates

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:23 pm

Photo of Josh FrydenbergJosh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Wentworth for his question and acknowledge his expertise and experience as one of Australia's leading diplomats working in the private sector and being an outstanding advocate of the people in Wentworth. Despite everything that has being thrown at the Australian economy, including the reckless negativity and the fearmongering of those opposite, the Australian economy is roaring back. Unemployment is down, growth is up, and we've seen Australia's economy lead the world. We saw unemployment in May at 5.1 per cent, 115,000 new jobs—85 per cent of those jobs were full-time jobs—and we've now seen more women in work than ever before. When JobKeeper came to an end in March, we saw the member for Corio, the member for Rankin, the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Sydney—

Dr Chalmers interjecting

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