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

As soon as you come out with the facts that hurt the Labor Party, there is this cacophony to ensure that the Australian people do not get to hear the facts. I can assure those opposite that we will continue to put out the facts for the Australian people. There are over 100,000 women—113,500 women—who have a job today because of our industrial relations reforms of only 12 months ago and, what is more, they are earning more in real terms. As at the end of February 2007, 116,184 Work Choices AWAs for women have been lodged. Over the same period, the number of women on registered collective agreements increased by 436,400 to 1,706,200, while the number of women paid award rates fell by 110,900.