Matt Burnell (Spence, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This goes without saying, and it goes to the core of Labor values: proper working conditions, and a proper pay to match, are central to our national economy and central to taking financial pressure off everyday Aussies. It also goes without saying that a Labor government will always back those everyday Aussies and always back measures to fight the cost of living. And we're doing that. We're lifting wages across the country, with a third consecutive pay rise for 2.6 million Australian workers. Make no mistake: Australians will always have a fairer go in the workplace under Labor, and those workers, who are now earning more and keeping more of what they earn, are lifting productivity in this country, to help keep inflation down. Their work is lifting our economy back onto its feet. Backed by better pay and conditions under our government, our workers are a huge reason why inflation is getting back to where it should be. It's back to being far lower than it was under the 'great economic managers' opposite, because—unlike those opposite—there is no 'leaning' from Australian workers, only lifting for the good of the nation. And a Labor government will have their backs, to ensure that an Aussie's pay matches an Aussie's day's work.

See this speech in context