Julian Hill (Bruce, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It has been terrific, actually, sitting through the contributions of those opposite, but I think, having listened to some of them, I'm just going to issue a trigger warning at the start: I'm going to say 'wage rises for workers', which is obviously a very upsetting and concerning phrase, given the kinds of demented reactions we have had all day from those opposite when we have talked about this. Let's be very clear: the primary purpose of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 is to get wages moving again. We've heard the blather and the noise from the bin chickens over there for the last 24 hours, but there's a cost-of-living crisis in this country. Everything is going up except your wages. The Leader of the Opposition thought he was very clever running that line.

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