Amanda Rishworth (Kingston, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) | Hansard source

I'd like to thank the member for Macnamara for his question and for his fierce advocacy for workers in his electorate but also right around the country. The Albanese Labor government is helping to deliver higher wages for workers because we know this is one of the best ways to help with cost-of-living pressures. We have delivered world-leading minimum standards to ensure gig workers do not have to rely on tips to make ends meet. With the first minimum standard coming into force this week, some platform delivery drivers are now earning 25 per cent more.

It's this Labor government that has also backed wage rises for our lowest paid workers each and every year that we've been in government. This Labor government has reinvigorated enterprise bargaining, which is delivering higher wages for more workers. Just last week, the Minister for Education introduced legislation to lock in a 15 per cent pay increase for our early educators. This government closed the labour liar loophole, which meant that many people doing the same job—

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