Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President, but, when Senator Carr yells out interjections like that, I have to say that, when he was the minister in this place, under his watch employment in manufacturing in Australia fell by 127,600, or by 12.1 per cent. I believe that, as part of a government that is committed to growing jobs in this country, I have an obligation to correct the record. That is why we have invested, as a government, $6.8 billion in the jobactive program, which commenced on 1 July this year. We currently have 66 jobactive providers delivering services in over 2,000 locations and servicing a case load of approximately 758,000 people. This is a government that, unlike Senator Carr— (Time expired)