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

I thank the honourable member for Mitchell for his question. I really do appreciate it. When we came to office, the economy was creating 3,600 jobs a month. Last year we got that up to 16,000 jobs a month. And this year we have got it up to 23,200 jobs a month We inherited 3,600 jobs a month on average under Labor. We now have it at an average of 23,200 jobs a month under the Abbott coalition government. It bounces around from month to month. But the average best indicates exactly what is happening in an economy and it is not an accident. You do not get that improvement in job creation by sitting in a rocking chair on the porch, chewing a blade of grass. You actually have to do real things. It starts with getting rid of taxes. We got rid of Labor's carbon tax, we got rid of Labor's mining tax, we got rid of Labor's car- manufacturing tax, we got rid of Labor's piggy bank tax and we got rid of Labor's—

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