Craig Laundy (Reid, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Uni students. I've got two almost there. There are people that have caring responsibilities. It has a leave loading lodged into it, which the opposition always manage to conveniently forget.

But then—surprise, surprise!—on 30 January the Leader of the Opposition said in his National Press Club speech:

So why are big companies keeping workers' wages low? … It's the same reason they try to turn every job they can into a casual job.

What a load of rubbish! So something from Sally McManus's mouth on 28 July, which was a falsehood to start with, is echoed as official Labor Party policy on 30 January this year.

Then we get the living wage thought bubble, which, to her credit, Sally McManus front-ran again, on 2 November. Then Brendan O'Connor again, on the same day, welcomed the suggestion. Then—surprise, surprise!—on 30 January 2018, Bill Shorten said in his National Press Club speech:

The minimum wage is no longer a living wage.

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