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

The honourable member knows that, going into these most recent lockdowns that we've seen in New South Wales and elsewhere, the unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent, a 10-year low, that 160,000 more people are in work today than before this pandemic began and that our economy is bigger today than before this pandemic began. Programs like JobKeeper have been absolutely essential to the rebound across the Australian economy. So, while those opposite like to talk down the economy, we on this side talk up the economy. We point to its resilience, we point to its strength and, most importantly, we point to the confidence of the Australian people.

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