Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Oh no. He laughs at this, so maybe that is not true. Maybe the shadow Treasurer still has not signed up to the $2.7 billion tax. Maybe they have not signed up to it yet. The shadow Treasurer plainly did not know anything about this proposal. It has not gone to cabinet. The finance spokesperson did not know anything about it either.

The government is delivering on the key recommendations of the Productivity Commission report for a taxpayer funded scheme of 18 weeks at the federal minimum wage. The legislation is being drafted now and will come into the parliament shortly.

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