Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Labor Party, and the Albanese Labor government, are the party of decent wages. The coalition is the party of low wages—the party that believes low wages are good for the economy, remember: 'a deliberate design feature' of the Australian economy. If ever there was anything that shows the difference between the parties, it's that those of us on this side want decent wages for working people, decent wages for working Australians, and understand that cost-of-living relief must include increases in wages—that you opposed. Those opposite want low wages as 'a deliberate design feature' of the Australian economy—

Senator Cash wants to yell at me across the chamber. We all know whose side she's really on. We all know she'd bring back Work Choices if she really could. Senator Cash would absolutely bring back Work Choices if she could. You have never stood for decent wages.