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

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The Government's employment forecasts were updated in the 2012–13 Budget released on 8 May 2012. Employment is forecast to grow 1¼ per cent through the year to the June quarter of 2013 and 1½ per cent through the year to the June quarter of 2014. In comparison, employment has grown by 75,000 persons or around 0.7 per cent over the four quarters to the June quarter 2012.