Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. Last month, I asked a question on the ADF pay increase being at a rate that is actually a pay cut. In response to my question on Australian Defence Force pay, Minister Wong said:

… the pay increase that is recommended, on the advice I have, is above the RBA's estimates for inflation over the next three years.

Minister, since that time, we have all heard from the new Reserve Bank governor, Michele Bullock, from the International Monetary Fund and from lots of economists that the economy is not cooling as quickly as the RBA initially forecast. Minister, why is your government sticking to its guns on a pay cut for our diggers?