Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

They have now been destroyed by the Victorian Labor government with the full support of the Leader of the Opposition. Yes, these are disappointing figures, but 213,000 jobs were created last year. The rate of jobs growth last year was three times the rate achieved in the last year of the former, Labor government. ANZ job ads have now increased in each of the last eight months and are up 13.6 per cent on the level of a year ago.

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