Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. The latest labour force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that since the Abbott-Turnbull government was elected the unemployment rate in Western Australia has increased by two percentage points, to 6.6 per cent, with an additional 30,400 people without work. Minister, is this an example of the buoyant labour market that you described yesterday?