Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow Treasurer for his question about the economy! It is a question that goes to the fact that unemployment is at historic lows, the participation rate is at a record high, the gender pay gap, as I said before, is at a record low, the number of women employed full-time is at a record high, business investment is up, the number of days lost to industrial disputes is down, the number of single mums getting support is up, the cost of child care is down, Commonwealth rental assistance is up, and the cost of medicine is down. All of this has been achieved without any support for any of these measures from those opposite. And, most importantly, over 620,000 jobs have been created since we came to office—the most for any new government in Australia's history, and we are halfway through. Importantly as well, we've seen two consecutive quarters of real wages growth.

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