Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Smith for the question. I note how silent those opposite are—did you notice? Senator Canavan called you irrelevant; now you're almost invisible. You're irrelevant and invisible. I know those opposite are going to hate this, but, if we compare the situation when we arrived in government in 2022 with the situation now, we see employment is up, participation rates are up, the gender pay gap is down, the number of women employed full time is up, manufacturing jobs are up, industrial disputes are down, annual headline inflation is down, annual wage growth is up and annual real wages are up. That is what a Labor government delivers: responsible economic management, budget repair, dealing with inflation and making sure people can earn more and keep more of what they earn.