Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) between World War 2 and the 1970s, the average unemployment rate was 2%, and

  (ii) since the 1980s, 5% unemployment has been considered 'full employment' by most governments, even though it means hundreds of thousands more people either have no work or not enough work; and

(b) considers that:

  (i) 'full employment' should mean what most people think it means, namely that everyone who wants a job can get one, and

  (ii) Australia should have a full employment target of 2% unemployment and 2% underemployment.