Bennelong battle: why the PM turned up the wick on jobs

By Mark Kenny, National Affairs Editor
Updated December 15 2017 - 2:13pm, first published 2:06pm

Malcolm Turnbull has cited jobs growth and an unemployment rate of just 5.4 per cent as vindication for his widely pilloried 2016 election slogan "jobs and growth", while warning of disaster if Bennelong voters take Bill Shorten any closer to the prime ministership.

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