Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It is certainly a sad day when we see so many job losses. There is no doubt about that. The reason the government are so emphatic about our Economic Security Strategy, delivered last October, and our Nation Building and Jobs Plan is precisely to support jobs in the Australian community. One can only imagine how much worse it might be if we had not acted last October.

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