Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

My apologies, President; I will direct the answer to you. The tourism sector has suffered terribly over the last 2½ years, and, I regret to say, a lot of that suffering was brought about and exacerbated by the actions of the former government. Just one example: right when closings and outbreaks were underway, in a whole range of key tourist areas, what did this former government do? It took away the JobKeeper. Now the JobKeeper—

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No, you should have spent better! You should have—

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