Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Gilmore. She is a great representative for her community and the 9,000 small businesses that are part of it. This morning I was listening to ABC NewsRadio and I heard a headline that said: 'Stronger than expected jobs growth; big boost for the economy,' and I thought at last the mainstream media will pick up some factual economic information and they will underline the fundamental strength in the Australian economy. Alas, it went on to talk about the United States. I thought that was a little bit curious because Australia actually has stronger jobs growth than the United States, than Canada, than the UK, than, in fact, any of the G7 economies.

Ms O'Neil interjecting—

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