Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz should concern himself with the important issues of the day. I can report to the Senate what might have occurred if the Rudd Labor government had not implemented its decisive actions to support and cushion the Australian economy. I have referred to the $42 billion nation-building plan that we have implemented. You have only to look at the retail sector and the building and construction sector. We got some figures last week which showed that employment in the retail sector over the last six months actually increased. In other countries it has fallen off— (Time expired)