The Coalition will deliver on one million jobs promise. So what?

Wednesday 14 February 2018

So, it looks like the Coalition will deliver on the first part of the Abbott Government’s promise in October-2013 to deliver one million jobs over five years as well as two million jobs over 10 years. From The AFR:

To the consternation of naysayers, it looks like Tony Abbott was right. The first five years of a Coalition government will deliver one million new jobs.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.