Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Science) Share this | Hansard source

Well, the bill relates to the government's fiscal strategy, and its fiscal strategy relates to wages. I'm just relating all the matters in the economy. Tax cuts relate to wages and the budget assumptions are based on wages growth. Of course, you have a candidate in Mayo who doesn't believe in any wages growth and doesn't like the minimum wage. I'll finish the quote. In her own words:

… Australians who are out there looking for work and might not be able to get jobs because employers aren't able to afford them because of these artificially high wages that are set by the Fair Work Commission.

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