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

I thank Senator Walsh and acknowledge the long career that she has had in making sure that workers get fair pay rises and good wages growth, because it's important for the economy—again, something that those opposite sought to ignore and keep a lid on. We've made substantial progress on inflation. I know those opposite hate hearing that as well. We've got wages growing again. Those opposite hate hearing that. They really hate hearing that! In fact, they hate it so much they've already told us what they would do if they got into government: they would make sure that wages growth slowed. We've got unemployment with a four in front of it, and we've seen the creation of more than a million jobs.