Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I'm not aware of any secret survey. So, from that point of view, I reject the premise of the question. What I would say to you is what the Leader of the Opposition used to understand, and that is that more investment leads to more jobs and leads to higher wages. This is the core of our economic plan—and it is working. Look at what we've been able to secure in the economy over the last 12 months. More than 420,000 jobs were created over the last 12 months. That is employment growth of 3.3 per cent. What was employment growth under Labor in its last year in government? There were 80,000 new jobs under Labor in 12 months. There were 420,000 new jobs under the coalition. We want smaller businesses to become bigger, not smaller. (Time expired)