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

And this was a strategy opposed tooth and nail by the Liberal-National Party. Senator Abetz says he does not believe it. Well, Senator Abetz, your shadow treasurer was predicting a million unemployed a year ago. That is what he was predicting. We on this side of the chamber are very, very thankful that the decisive action we took as a government has meant the saving of hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of thousands of businesses.

As I said, the IMF does expect a stronger economic performance amongst advanced economies. The economic growth rate for Australia, as predicted by them— (Time expired)