Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition talks about jobs growth in the period from March to January. On a preliminary look at the figures, I note that the participation rate in 2004 was 64.1 per cent and the unemployment rate was 5.1 per cent. In 2006 the participation rate was 64.8 per cent and the unemployment rate 4.5 per cent. Somehow she thinks the great King Kong hit has come upon this side of the parliament and somehow she believes she has scored a killer blow. I will tell you what a killer blow is: every time the Deputy Leader of the Opposition gets up and says she is going to rip up Work Choices—

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