PM wants lowest unemployment in 50 years as he acknowledges pandemic mistakes | CroweDM auspol
Prime Scott Morrison has set a goal to drive unemployment to its lowest level in almost half a century in a pitch to voters to keep him in power after he admitted to serious mistakes in the pandemic on vaccines, aged care and the surge in virus cases over summer.
“But what I say to Australians is that on every occasion where something hasn’t gone exactly as we’d hoped or we’ve got it exactly right… we’ve crushed together, worked the problem, solved it and moved forward,” he said. “In 2022 our focus is squarely on locking in our economic recovery to create jobs, jobs and more jobs.
The jobs target will be a repeated message ahead of the election but cannot be tested before Australians cast their ballots, although it is in line with new forecasts from the Reserve Bank that suggest unemployment will keep falling.
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