Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the very last part of that question—the suggestion that Job Network recipients do not believe that Job Network is working—as I said in my answer to the previous question, 640,000 of our fellow Australians last year experienced the efficiency of the Job Network processes. There are 640,000 Australians—I do not know how many MCGs that would fill—who can attest to the fact that the Job Network is working. Senator Kemp, the Minister for the Arts and Sport, just told me that that would fill about seven MCGs. That is the success of Job Network. Without a policy of their own, the Labor Party seek to grab around in a desperate attempt to put a dent in us. (Time expired)