Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you so much to the shadow minister for his question. I, too, given it is an industrial relations question, will refer to the relevant minister, but I do want to start with this: is the proposition that you are putting to this parliament that regional Australians don't deserve a pay rise? Is that the proposition that you are putting to the parliament?

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