John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We are very happy to take questions on the change that we propose to the workplace relations legislation. I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for asking me that question. Let me simply say that the policy which represents a threat to the Australian economy is not the policy which has seen the creation of 270,000 more jobs over the last 12 months, which has seen a continued rise in real wages and which has helped to drive Australia’s strike rate to a level lower than it has been since 1913.

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