2016 election Liberal Party policy on the importance of innovation in relation to jobs and growth. Innovation is an important part of the Coalition’s economic plan for jobs and growth. Businesses that invest in innovation are more competitive and more likely to grow and employ than their competitors. Startups are among the most innovative businesses...

The Coalition is investing in jobs and growth through our comprehensive plan for an advanced defence industry. We are increasing defence funding over the next ten years and will deliver on our 2013 election commitment to return defence spending to two per cent of GDP within the decade. Only the Coalition can be trusted to...

Vulnerable workers need to be protected. Existing laws need to be strengthened. The recent exploitation of vulnerable workers by 7-Eleven, for example, demonstrates that more needs to be done to protect vulnerable workers. The 7-Eleven scandal revealed not only a systemic underpayment of workers, but also a widespread practice of franchisees paying their employees the...

Trade and investment create job opportunities for Australians. More than 450,000 jobs have been created since the Coalition came to government. We delivered break-through free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea and upgraded our free trade agreement with Singapore. These free trade agreements are delivering thousands of jobs and growth opportunities for Australian...

The Liberal Party are delivering over 15,000 additional new, real jobs for South Australia through the following initiatives: our decision to build 12 submarines will create 1,100 direct submarine building jobs in Adelaide and a further 1,700 jobs in various parts of the supply chain around the country, including in South Australia our decision to...