Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Moore for that question and for the work she has done and her committee has done across the party divide in terms of Indigenous affairs and Indigenous employment. Last week I outlined to the Senate the changes in the ABS data regarding unemployment and that unemployment had decreased in this country to 5.2 per cent, that we had seen 36,000 full-time jobs created and also a big increase in the number of hours worked. At the same time as that, though, I have a great concern and I know the government has a great concern about the high rates of Indigenous unemployment. We know that the rate of Indigenous unemployment is three times—