James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Due to the strong economic framework provided by this coalition government, over 400,000 jobs were created in 2017—a record for a calendar year. Three-quarters of these jobs were full-time. The Reserve Bank of Australia governor recently stated the improved labour market will lead to higher wages growth and the MYEFO forecast wage growth to pick up to 2.75 per cent to the June quarter in 2019. This government does not believe that giving unions more power to cripple public services through an unrestricted ability to strike, as Labor proposes, will help any Australian into a job or increase wages.

Question agreed to.