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

We've provided some $2.7 billion in support across the aviation sector to date, and, as I said in response to the last question, we will continue to analyse the circumstances and we will continue to respond according to the principles we set out—that support should be targeted where it's necessary and proportionate to those circumstances. It does also need to be temporary, because the Australian economy can't be run off of endless taxpayer money forever. But these are difficult times and that's why we put in place the range of supports that are there.

In terms of the industrial relations reforms that we've brought to this parliament, we bought them to this parliament in good faith to make the industrial relations system in Australia more efficient, more effective in ways to continue to help get more Australians into jobs. What is remarkable is the policy position that's being taken by those opposite, which is to say no to all of it. Even the bits the unions agreed to, they're now saying no to. They're just anti any type of reform that may get Australians back into jobs. (Time expired)