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Tuesday, 25 March 2014

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Draft Labour Market Growth Rate Projections; Order for the Production of Documents

3:57 pm

Photo of Anne McEwenAnne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Carr, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Employment, no later than 10 am on Wednesday, 26 March 2014, the following:

(a) a copy of the email between the Minister's office and officials in the Department of Employment, as referenced in The Australian of 24 March 2014 ('Coalition urged department to "massage" jobs data');

(b) details of any subsequent communications, including emails and file notes of telephone conversations, between the department and the Minister's office regarding the department's draft labour market growth rate projections; and

(c) the alternate job forecasts produced by the department following the aforementioned correspondence with the Minister's office.

Question agreed to.

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