Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I know that, whatever the issue, the Greens tactic is to get up and make speeches demanding something when it is actually Labor governments who deliver those things. For the third time, I can point out that in the very short time this government has been in office we have delivered a pay rise to the lowest paid in our community, including early childhood educators. It might suit the Greens frame to say that nothing is happening, but it has already happened, and we have been in office for barely 100 days. That's before we get to the changes to bargaining that we expect will make an even bigger difference to the lowest paid in a community, including childhood educators.

I don't just speak to early childhood educators; I am a member of the union that represents the early childhood educators, the United Workers Union, who have a proud record of backing in those early childhood educators for years with the support of Labor. We are already delivering and we will continue to do more because these people deserve a pay rise.