Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Paterson for her commitment to working people in her electorate. It's interesting that those opposite, when they want to talk about the cost of living, will never talk about how money gets into your bank account in the first place. They will never talk about what happens in terms of wages in this country. The secure jobs, better pay bill will get wages moving again, and that's why those opposite oppose it. If you put gender equality as an objective of the award system in Australia, that helps get wages moving in this country. If you improve how the Fair Work Commission considers equal remuneration and work value cases, that helps get wages moving in this country. If you ban pay secrecy clauses, that helps get wages moving in this country.

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