John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I think the public will pay on performance, just as they have over the last 10 years when we have seen real wages go up by 16.8 per cent. So I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her interjection. The public is interested in results, and the side of politics that has the runs on the board when it comes to real wages is the Liberal and National parties. The real wage suppressors were the Australian Labor Party; the real wage enlargers and enhancers have been the coalition parties.

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