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

I acknowledge and thank Senator Dowling for that supplementary question. Pursuing productivity is key to ensuring we can continue to deliver better jobs and wages for all Australians. We on this side of the chamber know that we want Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. That is a very big distinction between us on this side of the chamber and those on that side of the chamber, who wanted lower wages, higher taxes and a $600 billion nuclear fantasy. That is what they offered the Australian people. We had a different plan.

We're investing through our National Reconstruction Fund. We're investing in skills. We've got our Future Made in Australia agenda. We've got the $900 million National Productivity Fund. We've landed our energy policy, and we're implementing that. Again, it's a bit of a sharp contrast to those opposite. We're making investments in our social infrastructure, in Medicare, in child care and in making sure that we're supporting women across the economy, and we will keep going. (Time expired)