Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I am not sure whether Senator Wong agrees with Senator Wong, but I will try a supplementary question. Does the minister agree with the Roy Morgan organisation estimate which shows that the real unemployment number in Australia is currently 1.2 million people—that is, 9.8 per cent of the workforce—and that an additional 7.5 per cent of Australians—that is, 926,000 people—are underemployed? That is, a total of 2.13 million Australians, or 17.3 per cent, are looking for work or looking— (Time expired)