Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry, Procurement and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, arising from that response, I have a supplementary question. Can the minister confirm that, if the government had got its way over the last 10 years, the nearly two million Australians on the minimum wage would be paid $2,600 a year less than they are being paid now? Why does the government always want to pay the nearly two million Australians on the minimum wage less?