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

Our government, through this crisis period of the pandemic, has sought not only to respond to the health crisis and to achieve what are global-leading results in terms of protecting Australians from the health risks of COVID-19 but also to respond in unprecedented ways in terms of support for the Australian economy. Just as the health results are amongst the best in the world in terms of the resilience that Australia has shown, so, too, are our economic results amongst the best in the world. That is not to say that there aren't Australians doing it very tough. There clearly are. Today we note the announcement by Qantas in relation to job losses that will be sustained at Qantas and changes that company is making to try to ensure its resilience into the future.