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

Senator Chisholm, let me give you some more relevant information. Total unemployment has fallen by 2,000 in the past month. It has declined over the year. The female unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been since July 2013. That is an employment participation figure that you may care, Senator Chisholm, to deny, but it is the reality and it is an outcome that this government celebrates—the female unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since July 2013.