Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, Senator McGrath and I had the opportunity to join the member for Longman, Terry Young, last week and have a jobs fair in Caboolture. The government takes jobs fairs around Australia, and almost 29,000 jobseekers have attended to date. Last Thursday, over 2,000 people came through the door. They were people who were actively searching for work locally in Caboolture, but there were also people who were coming there to talk to job service providers about the services that are available to them—for example, how to update your resume or how to sit down and undertake an interview. We had over 700 specific jobs on offer, with over 40 exhibitors talking to potential employees. This is all about ensuring that people who are actively looking for work are connected with the pathways to employers locally who are looking for employees.