Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, wages increased by 3.4 per cent to December 2025, up from 3.3 per cent in September. They doesn't just happen by accident; it's the result of deliberate Labor policies that have actively increased wages. Of course, all of this has been opposed by the coalition because they don't want to see everyday Australians getting ahead. If you thought it would be any better under the new Liberal leadership team, you would be very, very wrong. As the former leader Ms Ley—remember her? None of you seem to. She said last week that the new Liberal leadership team immediately re-adopted her policies. It kind of makes you wonder what the point was, really. We've got a new Liberal leader whose solution to the cost of living was long lunches for bosses and a deputy—who hasn't been given a question yet, I notice—who wanted to ban working from home. Happy anniversary, Jane!

The rap sheet is long when it comes to these characters. Let's look at the new shadow Treasurer, Mr Wilson, who has criticised the Fair Work Commission's decision to increase the minimum wage and opposed legislation enshrining penalty rates and law. And the Liberals' secret election review—ooh!—hidden by the Leader of the Opposition but now leaked to the media, admits that those who now have control of the party were the architects of their electoral defeat. The review blames policies like opposition to income tax cuts. You should make that bloke leader! Oh, that's right: you have! And there was the denial of flexible working arrangements—happy anniversary! Oh!

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