CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
Amanda Rishworth:
Our government has been firmly focused on getting wages moving. And the new data released by the ABS today shows that real wages did grow in the June quarter, and annual nominal wages have now grown above 3percent for 4years under this Labor government.
Now, while real wages did grow in the June quarter, they did decrease over the year to the June quarter. And this is not because wages have been too low, but inflation is still too high. Our government is focused on delivering wage increases for workers because we know it does help with the cost of living.
Now, I want to compare this to the previous Liberal government where annual wage...