Ms WELLS (Lilley-Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport): I thank the Member for Lalor for her question. The Albanese Government knows that strong, sustainable wage growth is part of the solution to cost-of-living challenges - not part of the problem. That's why we believe that workers deserve to earn more and keep more of what they earn. And that's why, unlike the Opposition, we backed aged care workers in their fight for better wages at the Fair Work Commission. And... unlike the opposition... we delivered... Delivered a 15% increase to award wage minimums for 250,000 workers. An 196 a week, or more than 141 a week, or 10,000 more under the Albanese Government, they'll also get a tax cut of $1,679 from 1 July under Labor's tax cuts - almost double what they would have gotten from the Coalition. And while I have a moment... can I put my sport minister hat on and congratulate... the GOAT... the living legend... Lauren Jackson for selection in the Opals squad for the Paris Olympics... as she chases her fifth Olympic medal.
