Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

What we continue to see is the opposition trying to talk down the economy, as Senator Abetz is doing now. He wants to talk about unemployment. I am very happy to talk about unemployment. I am very happy to talk about the fact that there are 140,000 more Australians in jobs now than there were a year ago. Let us remember that we have had a year of those opposite talking down the economy, making a whole range of false assertions and running a fear campaign, and we have continued to grow. (Time expired)