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

We absolutely have not. What we have sought to do is to make sure that we support Australians, through a number of initiatives, who wish to get into work, but, at the same time, we also recognise that there are some sectors of the Australian economy that are crying out for workers at the moment and are unable to fill those particular positions within Australia. So what this government has sought to do is to have a suite of measures that support everybody in the Australian economy, whether it be Australians who find themselves out of work, and making sure that we provide them with the skills and the retraining so that they can get back into the workforce, but which, at the same time, support our farmers, who are crying out for labour. So what we will do is continue to make sure that we address all of the issues that our economy faces, going forward, and not just one of them, by making sure we support our businesses to make sure they've got employees and then support our Australians into work.

Senator Watt interjecting—

Senator Keneally interjecting—

Senator Rennick interjecting—