Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The Reserve Bank has also drawn attention to the issue of wages growth, and the wage price index has been growing at 1.9 per cent, and this is the biggest challenge facing the economy, to lift what Australians are earning in this country. But what the Labor Party does not understand is that you cannot get a job in a business that is closed and you cannot get a pay rise in a company that is not earning any money. Those opposite think the money just falls from the sky to pay people's wages, and that is why they think they can tax business all day and all night and drive them out of business and people can still get wage increases.

Ms Henderson interjecting—

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