Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: As of the week ending 29 October, 108,471 people were receiving a jobseeker work-ready benefit, around 22,000 less than the same time last year. As expected, we saw a slight rise in the number of people accessing a jobseeker work-ready benefit at the beginning of the Delta outbreak. But we now have seen six straight weeks where the number of people receiving jobseeker work-ready has fallen. There are now only 1,737 additional people receiving jobseeker work-ready than at the time our response began. It is very different to the sharp rise we saw during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and shows the strength of our labour market. It is clear that the Government's wage subsidy has helped provide certainty to businesses and protect jobs. While we're not out of the woods, the signs are very encouraging.