Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Our absolute focus is on driving strong economic growth across the economy to get growth in all quarters for all Australians. What we're achieving in that regard has clearly been about getting, in the growth that was delivered yesterday, impressive economic figures for Australia. These economic figures demonstrate yet again our country is outperforming much of the rest of the world.

We went into this pandemic in a stronger position than much of the rest of the world because we had been outperforming in terms of jobs growth, because we had outperformed in terms of budget management. We went into the pandemic with resilience and strength and we are now coming through this pandemic in a better position than most of the rest of the world, not just on health outcomes but on economic outcomes, which are closely tied to one another. We clearly are committed to and will continue to implement the policies that deliver the economic growth that we saw yesterday. (Time expired)