The Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, has been caught out lying about Labor’s jobs record.
During Question Time today Mr Gutwein repeatedly made the claim that no jobs were created by the previous Labor Government.
The problem for Mr Gutwein is that his so-called ‘facts’ are not supported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The ABS shows that 3000 jobs were created in the six months between September 2013 and the election in March 2014.
By contrast, the Liberals have only created 3100 jobs in their first 15 months and the number of people on the unemployment queue has been increasing since December.
If the Treasurer cannot tell the truth about simple facts like this how can he be trusted to speak the truth on anything else?
Lara Giddings MP Labor Member for Franklin
