Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is very interesting to hear you, Senator Marshall, talking about dishonesty, because the only dishonesty that has been heard is the dishonesty that is coming from state Labor, the union movement and from those on the other side continuing their scare campaign of false, misleading and hysterical claims about Work Choices. They have repeatedly claimed to anybody who would listen that overnight there would be mass sackings, that all wages would fall and that there would be widespread strikes and stoppages. This has already been proven to be false. Seven months after the introduction of Work Choices, we have seen record jobs growth—165,000 jobs have been created and 129,000 of those jobs are full time—and unemployment has fallen.