Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I can indeed. ABS data released revealed the strongest wages growth in three years, confirming that the government's strong economic plan is seeing wages heading in the right direction. As the Governor of the Reserve Bank has repeatedly stated, wage growth is expected to pick up further as the labour market tightens, and today's job figures show good news on that front.

Of course, the government wants to see Australians with more money in their pockets, and it's for this reason that we've cut taxes for around 10 million Australians already, with further cuts to come. Happily, under our stewardship, we've also seen the gender pay gap fall to a record low of 14.5 per cent. We do know that there's more work to be done on this front. Minister O'Dwyer will announce further measures during the inaugural women's economic security statement, to be delivered to the National Press Club next week.