Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The only thing that is floundering is the attempts by the shadow Treasurer to get Albo's job. The only job that Mr Chalmers is interested in is the leader's job. He doesn't want to keep doing the shadow Treasurer's job. Everybody knows that he's already out there campaigning. Everybody knows that.

But let me say again: our economy continues to grow. Many other economies around the world are shrinking. If you actually look at the international context and the global economic headwinds we're facing in the domestic economy, the fact that our economy continues to grow is good news for the Australian people. The alternative, with Labor's high-taxing socialist agenda, would have been a weaker economy, fewer jobs, higher unemployment and lower wages.