George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Chisholm, the kind of economic leadership that Mr Turnbull has in mind is the kind of economic leadership that sees unemployment fall, as it has done. It is the kind of economic leadership that sees exports boom, as they have done. It is the kind of economic leadership that sees consumer confidence and business confidence boom, as they have done. It is a kind of economic leadership that sees not only the unemployment rate fall but the youth unemployment rate fall to 13.2 per cent from a peak of 14.5 per cent within a year after the coalition government was elected. On every metric you care to identify, Senator Chisholm, whether it be the employment rate, whether it be the strength of the economy, whether it be economic growth of 3.3 per cent—the strongest in the G7—whether it be the strength of exports or whether it be the strength of confidence, this government's economic policies are working. (Time expired)