Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

I think I have answered that question. I will just say this again: there will be 2,000 sites Australia-wide. That is at least 200 more than under the current system through the 196 providers. We on this side of the chamber are happy to talk about jobs all day. We will talk about them all day because there is a big difference between what we are doing—supporting and protecting jobs—and what they are recommending on the other side in their economic prescription: ‘do nothing’.

Job Services Australia is one of the biggest reforms this government has put in place, because it is not just dealing with unemployment; it is dealing with long-term unemployment. That is something that this side of the chamber cares about, unlike the conveyor belt system that the other side—