Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Hansard source

He says, 'Indeed!' I acknowledge that. One of the great achievements of the Howard government was being the first government in the history of the Commonwealth to put the minimum wage in legislation. I see that the member for Wakefield is nodding his head. He acknowledges that that was the case. John Howard put the minimum wage in legislation for the first time in the history of our country. Member for Wakefield: we support the minimum wage. You can see our commitment to it, because we put it in legislation at that time. Do you know what, Member for Wakefield? The Labor Party opposed the bill. It opposed the putting of the minimum wage into legislation.

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