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

Senator Payman, with the greatest of respect, I'm not sure you want to talk about performative acts in this chamber. What this government is serious about is action to support working Australians. Again, that's why we've not only passed laws to tackle and criminalise wage theft by employers but also actively supported increases to the minimum wage for the lowest-paid Australians, something the former government never did. It's why we've introduced the same job, same pay laws, something that, again, One Nation opposed, along with their friends in the Liberal and National parties. This government, a Labor government, will always proudly stand up for the rights of working Australians, and that will never change.