Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

No, I do not accept for a moment the proposition that is put forward by the honourable member. As I said earlier, under the government’s industrial relations reforms we have the Australian Fair Pay Commission standard and we have the opportunity for employers and employees to come to agreements. It will be a system which is in the interests of employers and employees. This government stands for 1.7 million jobs, unlike the Labor Party. This government stands for real wages and real wage increases, unlike the Labor Party. We know that the member for Perth has been instructed by the trade union movement to lift his game. We know that he is under threat of being moved—

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