Fed: Rudd package forgets 100,000 who will lose jobs: Fielding

AAP General News (Australia)
02-06-2009
Fed: Rudd package forgets 100,000 who will lose jobs: Fielding

CANBERRA, Feb 6 AAP - The federal government's $42 billion stimulus package will do
nothing for the 100,000 Australians who are expected to lose their jobs, Family First
senator Steve Fielding says.

Senator Fielding, who will carry a key vote when the package is debated in the Senate
next week, said the plan is focused on keeping people in employment.

"I do not want the government to forget the 100,000 innocent casualties who are expected
to lose their jobs as a result of this …