Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

The government's focus is on growing the economy to provide job opportunities so that people can move into work. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, we saw the proportion of working-age Australians reliant on payments down to its lowest levels in 30 years at 13.5 per cent, and unemployment was down to 5.1 per cent, with more than 1.5 million jobs since we came to office. We know that the best way to improve peoples' livelihoods is to get them back into the workforce.

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