Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Darmanin, who has been making an outstanding contribution since she joined us here in the Senate. I know we all look forward to seeing much more from her in the coming years as well.

Under the Albanese government, there have been nearly one million extra jobs created in the last couple of years, including many in regional areas.

Senator Cash, I didn't think I'd be hearing from you until the second supplementary, so well done. You beat my expectations. In regional New South Wales, there have been more than 128,000 extra jobs created, mostly full-time positions.

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Yes, I think that is something worth shouting about, so I'm glad that you're shouting with us. Senator Henderson, there are nearly 68,000 new jobs in regional Victoria. Back to you, Senator Cash: there are 17,000 in regional Western Australia.

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