Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I can confirm that the government is providing lower taxes. I can confirm that we're supporting businesses. I can confirm that we're supporting Australians to get back into work. I can confirm that we're providing record support through the JobTrainer program—some 340,000 training places in partnerships with the states and territories. I can confirm we've put $14 billion into new and accelerated infrastructure projects to support a further 40,000 jobs in this country. I can confirm that HomeBuilder is supporting construction jobs all around the country. I can confirm we're backing manufacturing through the minister for industry's plan, to ensure that advanced manufacturing jobs will be here. I can confirm all of those matters because they assume that the Australian people know how to respond to a crisis. That's the assumption we've made about the Australian people in all the decisions we've made. We're believing in the Australian people, first and foremost, in how we are recovering from the COVID-19 recession.

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