Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

As previously indicated on several occasions to the Honourable Member, the Government is aware of both the newspaper report and the report from Monash University.

Unlike the former Rudd/​Gillard/​Rudd Governments, of which Mr Thomson was a member, this Government is not in the business of overreacting to media reports. Instead, the Government carefully considers the facts and pursues policies that are in the national interest.

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