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

I hear those opposite laughing. Under Labor, we have had 16 consecutive quarters, or four years, of wages growing above three per cent. There was not one quarter during 35 long quarters of the previous government where wages grew above three per cent. Thirty-five quarters—and not one quarter above three per cent. What we have on this side is 16 consecutive quarters, or four years, where wages have grown above three per cent.

Opposition senators interjecting—