Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I honestly cannot believe the gall of those opposite in talking about real-wage growth when a deliberate design feature of their economic architecture was to suppress wages. The reason we're in the position where we haven't had real-wage growth is because they, when in government, were determined to put pressure on wages growth and make sure there wasn't any.

Every minister in this government is focused on making sure Australians get more money in their pockets, whether it be through child care, reducing energy prices, getting wages growing or training for the high-skilled jobs of the future. These are the areas where government can make a difference. We've hit the ground running. We're doing the work that you lot didn't do for the past nine years.