Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) | Hansard source

It is a shame, Member for Durack, and I see the member for O'Connor sitting there nodding in agreement too about the fact that this is a terrible piece of legislation. It won't just have effects in Western Australia; it will be right across the nation, because our farmers will be earning less. Our farmers are copping it in the neck all of the time. But this should not be a debate about minimum wages; it should be a debate about real wages and what Labor is doing to address the cost-of-living crisis which has come about on their watch.

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