House debates
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Questions without Notice
Wages
2:10 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
I'm being totally relevant. No wonder they're concerned about the $11.3 billion package we put in place to assist the wages of people in aged care. What we've said very clearly is that aged-care workers deserve more than our thanks; they deserve a wage increase. That's what they deserve.
During the election campaign, I well recall, I kept that lucky $1 coin in my pocket. I kept it in my pocket during the debates. It's in the drawer. Here it is! It's in the drawer. During the campaign I thanked the minister for infrastructure for once again being helpful, because during the campaign I held up this $1 coin—
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