Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Chisholm very much for her question. On one of my favourite days of the election campaign, I was with the member for Chisholm when I was asked if I supported a pay rise of a dollar for people who were on the minimum wage. On that day I said, 'Absolutely, absolutely.' The response of the then government was that that was loose. They said it was irresponsible to support a pay increase for those Australian heroes of the pandemic, those people who are on the minimum wage and who were looking after Australians during that pandemic.

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