Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The government is seeking to implement its legislative agenda that will strengthen our economy, attract investment and create more jobs for more Australians. Part of that agenda is the re-establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, to improve productivity in our building industry. We also have reforming the Qantas Sale Act, to level the playing field in our aviation industry; abolishing the mining tax, to restore the international competitiveness of our resource industry; and repealing over 1,000 spent and redundant pieces of legislation across 10 portfolios, to cut red tape for businesses across Australia. The reason we are pursuing all these economic reforms is so that we can win not some academic prize in economics but the prize that is the social dividend of jobs and security that will flow to our fellow Australians. (Time expired)