House debates
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Questions without Notice
Employment
2:08 pm
Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Mr Speaker, congratulations on your elevation to office. My question is to the Prime Minister. Isn't it the case that, almost two years after this Liberal-National government came to office, there are now 114,000 more unemployed Australians?
Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
And there are 330,000 more employed Australians. There are 330,000 more jobs in our economy now than there were on election night—330,000 more jobs in our economy now than there were on election night—
Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Mr Speaker, on a point of order—
Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
and I think I have fully answered this question.
Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Has the Prime Minister concluded his answer? He has.