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

they were advertising rates which were illegal. Wages are moving because we changed the law for pay equity. Wages are moving because we changed the law for gender equality. Wages are moving because rogue employers know that it's going to be a criminal offence to steal from your workers. Wages are moving because the platforms know that there'll be minimum standards for gig workers. Wages are moving because getting wages moving is a deliberate design feature of this government.

And for 10 years, in their words and their actions, they made sure they did everything they could to keep wages low. When you look at the budget papers last night, what people are experiencing now, in what's going into their bank accounts, is because there was a change of government.

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