Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

I acknowledge, as indeed the government always has, that when there are instances of economic change that presents challenges and that not every corner of Australia always benefits at the same time from every element of growth occurring. However, under our government, over the last 5½ years we've seen more than 1.1 million jobs created and added to. Last year we saw the fastest growth in youth employment in recorded history in Australia. This doesn't just happen by accident; the government creates the type of environment in which businesses can grow and invest. A key way in which Australian businesses grow and invest is by being able to sell more goods not just to each other but to consumers in the rest of the world. That's what we've seen under our government: growth in goods exports and growth in services exports creating more job opportunities for more Australians.