Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. As further evidence that this government is fostering the best possible conditions for jobs growth since coming to office, I can advise that in excess of 420,000 more people are in work. If you look at the 12-month comparison of this government, three times as many jobs have been created compared to the final 12 months of the former Labor government, when the now Leader of the Opposition was the Minister for Workplace Relations.

This is a government that has a strong plan for jobs. We have a strong plan for growth—for example, our Innovation and Science Agenda, our record of delivering on free trade agreements and of course our commitment to funding Australia's infrastructure projects. What we need to know from those opposite, in particular in the light of the Leader of the Opposition's address to the Press Club today, is: are you going to rule out your job-killing carbon tax? It would appear that we are all going to go down that road yet again. (Time expired)