Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

It was said on television. It was on Sky News. I can go with a different quote. In fairness to the shadow Treasurer, I'll use a different quotation that was also used on television. It wasn't the shadow Treasurer, so this one won't upset him. In a doorstop delivered in the Northern Territory a similar question was asked of the Leader of the Opposition, where the Leader of the Opposition was asked whether he had concerns about proposed changes to the industrial relations laws. He began by saying he was 'deeply concerned for businesses', and then he went on to mention why:

… it's going to result in higher wages …

Those opposite do oppose everything in this bill, and they oppose it for the exact reason that we support it: it will get wages moving again.

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