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

than at any other time. At the same time those people, who are in many cases women coming into the workforce, have been on the single-parent pension. We have made more than one million phone calls to people on the single-parent pension. There have been 100,000 people—essentially women—on parental pension referred to the Job Network. Those people have been out of the workforce for very long periods of time. They have taken up jobs in the retail and hospitality industries. Our view on this side of the House—

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