Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It's a bit cheeky to get a question from the Labor Party on real wages when they were falling when they were last in office and fell over in 2013. Budget Paper No. 1, on page 61, says the following:

… consumers have maintained purchasing power with real wages growth in line with the 10-year average.

We know that, under this government, real wages growth is higher, the unemployment rate is lower, the gender pay gap has been closing and more Australians are in work than ever before.

Mr Stephen Jones interjecting—

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