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

I thought I had got very close to it and, in fact, right on top of it when I said that I would be happy to talk to the National Party member and disabuse him of those certain views that he might be holding. I am not sure how young or old the son of the new member for Tweed is, but I do know that youth unemployment, since Work Choices, has gone down by 0.8 per cent. He may well be in another demographic like the very long term unemployed. Do you know what? Since Work Choices, the number of very long term unemployed has gone down by 25 per cent. What I challenge the Labor Party to do is tell me the demographic in which this young man or gentleman fits into and I will tell you how that demographic has benefited as a result of Work Choices.