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

The ABS has released new data in relation to unemployment, which I will say a bit more about later. But I can say to the honourable member for McMahon that business conditions rose to plus-11 points in August, as the National Australia Bank noted in their release, 'The trend index of business conditions is at its highest point since 2009.'

Yes, we have been hit by offshore headwinds—

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Well, of course, we have because—

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