Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

On Monday the minister told the Senate:

You can ask about the participation rate, but it does not follow from that proposition that the labour market is in a poor condition.

Why isn't the minister concerned about jobseekers so despondent about work and the state of the labour market that they are giving up on finding work?