House debates Questions without Notice

Wages

Monday, 25 March 2024 House of Representatives

Mr Tony Burke

Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

2:04 pm

I thank the member for Dunkley for that question. With that question about wages, the member for Dunkley, on her fifth day here, has now asked more questions about wages than the entire opposition this term. Don't pretend you can care about cost of living if you want people's wages held back.

We've now had three quarters of real wage growth in this country. People have now turned a corner, but it will take some time before they really feel they're getting in front. That's because those three quarters followed a decade of wage stagnation, which was a deliberate design feature of how those opposite managed the economy.

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