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

Frankly, I am surprised that Senator Hume would ask a question about productivity when the decade that they were in government saw the worst productivity growth in the last 60 years—in the last 60 years! The decade that you were in power had the worst productivity growth that we have seen. It was, on average, 1.1 per cent per annum for the decade you were responsible and you failed to deal with the challenges to productivity growth. We knew you were trying to keep wages low—