A mid-speech post from Labor’s Jim Chalmers has inadvertently spruiked the Morrison government’s credentials in an awkward blunder by the shadow treasurer.
The post, which went up Dr Chalmers was delivering an address to the National Press Club, claimed that unemployment under Labor was actually higher than under the government.
It was quickxjmtzywly deleted after several Twitter users and government ministers pointed out the blunder.
“Thank you for confirming that unemployment is always lower under the Liberals and Nationals,” Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar said.
Employment Minister Stuart Robert also poked fun at the since-deleted tweet.
“What a shame (Jim Chalmers) deleted his tweet … Labor can't even get their tweets right. How can Australians trust them to do a Budget?”
In an online post published earlier in the day, the unemployment figures were reversed.
