Senate debates

Monday, 25 November 2024

Questions without Notice

Cost of Living

2:25 pm

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

We can hear them start squealing now—squirming and squealing—because of their policy, which was: how do we stop working people from getting proper wages? That was their economic policy. That is in stark contrast to our economic policy, which is that good, secure jobs with good wage growth matter to the economy, and it matters to working people. So, for aged care workers, what happened in the previous decade? Nothing. We didn't see a role for government to support wages growth of a highly feminised, underpaid part of the economy. That's why this government has prioritised leaning in, arguing for wage increases for the minimum wage workers and for those essential workers in our economy.

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