Labour Market Programs

John Howard Lie #1

“Well, we’re certainly going to maintain the existing level of funding for labour market programs”.
John Howard, Address to Youth, Macgregor, 20 February 1996

The Truth:

Kerry O’Brien: “Okay. But on 20 February, you said very clearly ‘We are certainly going to maintain the existing level of funding for labour market programs’. Now, for all the people on those labour market programs, I would suggest it to them that would have been a pretty core promise and you’ve broken it.”
John Howard: “Well, it is true that we are not spending as much money on labour market programs”.
John Howard, interview on ABC 7:30 Report, 21 August 1996