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

Let me again deal with this attempt by the opposition to run some sort of congratulatory theme. The only congratulations I offer are to hardworking Australian businesses and their employees who have come through these tough times. They're the ones we congratulate for the fact that they have absolutely responded to this crisis, with support from the government. There's no doubt it's with support from the government. You cited some of those supports, Senator. You cited them. In terms of JobKeeper, the single largest intervention in an Australian economy ever, we created it and our government have extended it. We created it and we extended it.

But in this year's budget we also outlined the next steps in the economic recovery, outlining the fact that driving private sector investment is about job creation for the long term, sustainable jobs for the long term, getting the investment that absolutely generates business growth for jobs growth— (Time expired)