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

I thank the Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question, notwithstanding the ironic nature of it, because the previous government—of which she was a minister for some of the time and some of the time not—had a deliberate policy of driving down wages. That was their deliberate policy. That was part of their economic architecture: a deliberate design. They might have forgotten a point in the election campaign when I was asked whether I would welcome a $1 increase in the minimum wage, and I said, 'Absolutely!' For days afterwards, those opposite railed about how this would destroy the economy and bring everything down. They thought that was the basis of an election campaign that was held—

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