Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

When we came to office, real wages were falling 3.4 per cent. Now they're growing again. That's not an accident. That's deliberate. That's because of the policy agenda of this Albanese Labor government.

I welcome, two-and-a-bit years into the parliamentary term, the appearance of the shadow Treasurer. That's a good thing for all of us. But if he wants to ask about living standards he should be honest about living standards and he should acknowledge that every time they put their hands up in this place it's to make life harder for people when we're trying to make life easier for people.

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