Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. So I take it you won't reconsider. Today's figures show that underemployment rose to a record rate of 13.7 per cent, with over 1.8 million Australians being underemployed, and almost 500,000 left the labour force altogether. What would the unemployment rate be if nearly half a million Australians hadn't simply given up looking for work entirely?