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

We have delivered historic free-trade agreements that have opened up Australian business and job opportunities in East Asia's largest markets, from agriculture to the services sector. We have handed down the single largest infrastructure package in Australia's history, which is worth $50 billion, creating tens of thousands of jobs and investing in our future.

In addition, we have approved $1 trillion worth of projects with environmental approvals. We have cut $2 billion in red tape alone, freeing Australian businesses from the burden of unnecessary and obsolete regulation, helping them to employ more people. We have stopped the boats, preventing deaths at sea and saving the budget billions of dollars. In 2013 under Labor, there were 302 illegal boat arrivals; under this government, that number has been reduced to just one. We have provided an additional $630 million to our police and security services to strengthen our national security. The nation has been turned around for the better. (Time expired)