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

If that's the view that they have, then they should take up the opportunity that they have, perhaps again in alliance with their friends in the Greens in the Senate, to put forward such legislation. But they don't do that. We know that they consistently oppose any increase in wage rises, including for people on the minimum wage, which many people in regional communities, represented by the National Party, are on.

We, on this side of the chamber, want people to earn more, and we want people to keep more of what they earn. But we also want to make sure, as I've said consistently, that—

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