Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): As Senator Whiteaker reminds us, we have spent the last six months building on the strong economic foundations that the government delivered and built in our first term. We all know what the Liberal Party thinks. We all know that the Liberals believe that low wages are a deliberate design feature of the country's economic agenda. They are for low wages; we are for higher wages. And, when it comes to income tax cuts, who can forget the proud Dutton opposition championing higher taxes at the last election? In contrast, we, the Labor government, are delivering income tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer, with more to come. On 1 July we delivered another wage increase for aged-care workers, introduced paid prac for the next generation of nurses, teachers, social workers and midwives and delivered bonuses for tradies. You want higher taxes and lower wages. We want— (Time expired)