Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Smith for that question and, again, for her focus on making a difference to her community. A hundred per cent of taxpayers in South Australia will get a tax cut on 1 July and, when you look at the labour market figures, there are absolutely incredible results in your home state, Senator Smith. In fact, the figures show that South Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to 3.2 per cent. This is the lowest unemployment rate in South Australia since 1978. It's an incredible result. Since 1978, South Australians haven't seen an unemployment rate that low. When we came to government, the South Australian unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent. Since we came to government, the average unemployment rate under the Labor government is 3.7 per cent. It was 5.6 per cent under the coalition government. We are better on wages, we are better on jobs and we are better on cost-of-living relief.