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

We know you don't like higher wages. We know you don't. One time it's spreadsheets, then it's higher wages—the things that set you off!

After a decade of the coalition's deliberate policy of keeping wages low, under the Albanese government we are now starting to see wages grow. Through our submission to the Annual Wage Review, we advocated for a real increase for Australia's lowest-paid workers.

Opposition senators interjecting—