George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Monetary policy is an aspect of economic policy, Senator Wong, as you know. But being Australia's most unsuccessful finance minister, perhaps you do not even know that!

So, Senator Ketter, in the last year our economy has created 180,000 new jobs—180,000 new jobs!—directly as a result of the Turnbull government and the administration of the Treasury portfolio by Mr Scott Morrison. During that time, Senator Ketter, since you cared to ask about economic policy, our economic growth has been 3.3 per cent, an extraordinary rate of economic growth—