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

I thank the member for Werriwa for his detailed question. I do not have that information in front of me, but I am happy to have it investigated. What I do note is that in the employment figures that came out last week the most significant jobs growth was in fact in New South Wales, which was not one of the states immediately identified by the member for Werriwa. That would please the member for Werriwa, coming as he does from an electorate that still has an unreasonably high level of unemployment—around 7.1 per cent, I think.

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