House debates

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:07 pm

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

when employment has seen some 980,000 jobs, when we see wages increasing rather than decreasing, which is what those opposite wanted to see, when we see the workforce participation rate at record levels, when we see the gender pay gap at a record low of 11.5 per cent, and when we see the economy, of course, under us, experiencing modest growth. It's modest growth but growth nonetheless. If those opposite had their way and implemented the more than $300 billion of cuts, we would've seen a devastation in our economy had we followed what they wanted to do.

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