Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer
2:15 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to reported attempts by the employment minister to manipulate departmental publications to fit the government's 'one million jobs' pledge. Given the government's mid-year economic update showed jobs growth falling well short of the government's 'one million jobs' pledge, does the government stand by the economic assumptions in the mid-year economic update?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
2:16 pm
Of course we stand by the mid-year economic update, and we absolutely reject the insinuation in the shadow Treasurer's question—which in fact was totally refuted by the statement issued earlier today by the Department of Employment.