Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Since the carbon price came into effect over 118,000 companies have been registered—more than 20 every hour. The Daily Telegraph also neglects to mention that since the start of the carbon price, on 1 July last year, more than 130,000 extra jobs have been created—more than 20 every hour since carbon pricing started. Australia has retained one of the lowest unemployment rates in the developed world, at 5.4 per cent. The economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent in the year to December. Business investment— (Time expired)