Russell Broadbent (Monash, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'm not sure that the claims by the member for Kingsford Smith can be realised. Having regard to the budget that has just been released to the Australian people, it says that real wages in the next three years will diminish because of the inflation rate across this nation. I'm not sure that the claims by the member for Higgins, as strong as they were, can be realised by this bill.

The government members that have spoken today and spoken passionately about this bill have said that this bill is the panacea for all of the ills of the nation. Well, it's not. It's not. Some of us have around long enough to see these changes to legislation that come through.

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