Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'd ask the minister when he's answering this question maybe to be a little bit less smug. There are aged-care workers up there for whom no provision has been made in the budget for an increase in their wages. Given 52 out of 55 of the government's wage forecasts have been wrong in the past and real wages went backwards at a higher rate than even the government's last budget anticipated, why on earth should Australians believe anything that you promise on wages on the eve of an election?