Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Payments) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Employment, Senator Abetz. I refer to the minister's statement in July: 'What we're asking most of the job seekers to do is to seek a job of a morning and of an afternoon and I think that is a reasonable request.' I also refer to his statement last week that 'getting people to apply for 40 jobs in a meaningless way will achieve no purpose and, what's more, be a real burden to small businesses especially in regional areas.' Which statement does the minister stand by?