Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

This government through its stimulus package ensured that this country’s unemployment rate compares extremely favourably with those overseas. Let us talk about the UK or the United States where we see close to or double-digit unemployment. As a result of the stimulus package, against which you voted, we have seen unemployment in Australia at levels which are reasonable given the economic crisis that we faced. Remember, you voted against that package. We on this side stand for jobs; we on this side stand for investment in the future—