Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

successful, long-term member for a great and memorable part of Victoria. I recognise that building the East West Link is going to be to the great benefit of the people of Gippsland and particularly to all those farmers that are getting their produce to the great Melbourne port.

Of course, over the last 12 months alone we have seen good government from the coalition in Victoria, supported by good government from the coalition here in Canberra, deliver real outcomes—real outcomes to the benefit of the people of Victoria. Under Bill Shorten, the Leader of the Opposition, as Minister for Workplace Relations, last year 800 jobs a month were created in Victoria. This year, under the coalition, 3,200 jobs per month have been created in Victoria. So job growth in Victoria is now four times higher under the coalition than it was under Labor. Four times higher under the coalition—

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