Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) wages growth is at record lows under this seven-year-old government;

(b) the Reserve Bank has declared that "lower wage rises have become the new normal";

(c) the Finance Minister has said that low wages is a "deliberate design feature" of the Government's economic policies;

(d) the Parliament rejected the Government's original bill attacking working Australians just days ago;

(e) the Government is continuing its attack on the very people that work to deliver wage rises for Australians;

(f) the Government has a tactic where it first seeks to attack the organisations that defend workers' pay and conditions, and secondly will then directly attack the pay and conditions of workers; and

(g) this is another example of the Prime Minister's arrogance and hubris; and

(2) therefore, calls on this Prime Minister to listen to the Parliament, stop being so stubborn and abandon his anti-worker legislation.

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