Cost of Living | Sally Sitou MP speaks on Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill & Increasing Minimum Wage скачать в хорошем качестве

Cost of Living | Sally Sitou MP speaks on Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill & Increasing Minimum Wage

I welcome the focus from those opposite to help families with the cost of living. It's just a shame it's only calm now you're in opposition because let's look at your report card when you were in government on wages. What happened to wages when those opposite were in power? They stagnated, nothing. It was a deliberate design feature of their economic strategy. How do we know? The former Minister for Finance, Mathias Cormann, told us? Well, the strategy worked. One of the few things you were able to achieve while you're in government, wages flatlined during the campaign when those opposite were given an opportunity to back ordinary workers in this country. They bought low wages were so ingrained in their thinking that they refused to back a wage increase in line with inflation for our lowest-paid workers, aged care workers, child care workers, and cleaners. Those who got us through the pandemic. Those opposite wanted to deny them a one-dollar-an-hour increase. So on wages, you failed. What have we done? We passed the Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill to get wages moving. We supported an increase in the minimum wage, an outcome that has helped around 2.7 million Australians because on this side of the house, we will back workers. We will back good wages. We know the best way to fight the cost of living is to have a good well-paying job. On Child Care, Child Care is one of the biggest expenses for families with young children. What happened to childcare costs while you're in government? They climbed 41% in eight years. It was taking a bigger and bigger chunk of the household budget. Of the household budget, some parents simply dropped out of the workforce altogether. Just last year, 73,000 people who wanted to work didn't look for work. Why? Because of the prohibitive costs of child care. So, on one of the biggest expenses to household budgets, child care costs, you failed again. What have we done? We are investing 4.5 billion dollars in Early Education and Care to make it more. Early Education and Care to make it more affordable and accessible to families. 96% of families will be better off because we know the best way to fight the cost of living is cheaper child care. It's good for kids, it's good for parents, and it's good for the economy. On gas and electricity, global events around the world have meant families and small businesses have had to contend with higher power prices. LET'S CONNECT: Instagram: www.instagram.com/sally.sitou Facebook: www.facebook.com/sallysitou Twitter: www.twitter.com/sallysitou Website: www.sallysitou.com Email: [email protected]