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

The Labor Party do not understand the cause of economic distress that comes from lockdowns, and the Labor Party seem to think the Prime Minister of Australia only has two jobs to do. They are wrong on all counts. What is helping to fuel that recovery, the 350,000 jobs that have come back just in the space of a month or so, are the policies our government has implemented. Our economic recovery plan, fuelled by the fact that Australians have more money in their pockets through tax cuts we have delivered—$1.5 billion a month, on average, of support going through—fuelled by policies outlined in the budget to encourage businesses to invest more, particularly across machinery and equipment, which we have seen such strong growth of, will make sure that we do not just have the growth now but that we have more productive and competitive businesses to fuel the export boom we are seeing across Australia, and growth across so many other sectors. (Time expired)