John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The only advice that I would give to those firms is the advice that I give to firms throughout Australia, and that is: take proper advantage of the wonderful economic condition created by the policies of this government. The other bit of advice I would give them is: take no notice of the pessimistic doomsayers of the Australian Labor Party. They were on about this business of driving down wages 10 years ago. Ten years on, what has happened? Wages have gone up by 16.8 per cent in real terms. The third piece of advice I would give to the businesses in Mount Druitt and to the businesses of Australia is this: if you want low wages and high unemployment, vote Labor.

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