Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

As I said yesterday, the youth unemployment rate is too high. We acknowledge that. But the youth unemployment rate in Australia now is lower than it was when Labor left office. It is one per cent lower than what it was when Labor left office. That's why we put in place programs like the PaTH program I spoke of yesterday, which is to assist young people to get into jobs—