Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The reason we are standing in the way of Labor's socialist, politics-of-envy driven agenda is that it will leave all Australians worse off, including all Australians in Braddon. Do you know who understands this? It is Mr Brett Whiteley, the Liberal candidate in Braddon. If Mr Brett Whiteley is re-elected by the good people of Braddon, he will stand up for investment and jobs in Braddon and the people of Braddon will have better opportunities to get a job, a well-paid job and a better paid job. Under the Labor Party, there'll be less investment and less opportunity for small business to do business with big business, which means there'll be fewer jobs in small business.

When there are fewer jobs and less competition for workers, do you know what happens to wages? They go down. Do you know what happens to wages when there's less competition for workers? The leverage and bargaining power of workers reduces. Bill Shorten wants the workers of Australia to have less bargaining power. Bill Shorten wants Australians to have less bargaining power; we want— (Time expired)