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Tony Abbott's 1 million jobs target is in reach

Jacob Greber
Jacob GreberSenior correspondent
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To the consternation of naysayers, it looks like Tony Abbott was right. The first five years of a Coalition government will deliver one million new jobs.

Thursday's official labour force data for January will take the number of jobs created since September 2013 to 971,535, according to economists' forecasts.

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Jacob Greber writes about politics, economics and business from Canberra. He has been a Washington correspondent and economics correspondent. Connect with Jacob on Twitter. Email Jacob at jgreber@afr.com

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