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

Senator Cash clearly hasn't read the budget papers. There are a couple of things. The funds have been factored into the budget and the forward estimates, and the inflation forecasts are also there. So the answer to that is no. There are no surprises here.

Senator Cash, there are no surprises here. Why are you putting in place laws that make sure that vulnerable workers can get decent pay rises? That is now the offence of this government--that it's putting in place laws that support affordable, sustainable wage increases for the most vulnerable workers. We know you're opposed to it. We just lived through 10 years of your deliberate design feature of your economic architecture being wage stagnation. Investments in the funds are about driving jobs, investment in supply chains and dealing with the housing crisis, and you're opposed to every single one of those measures. (Time expired)