Labor senator Kristina Keneally says working Australians are suffering because the Coalition is ‘devoid’ of a wages policy.
The comments come as Labor handed a submission over to the the Fair Work Commission urging it to give an above-inflation increase to the 2.2 million Australians on the minimum wage. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has slammed the submission, saying a significant increase to wages will ‘cost Australian jobs.
’ On Friday, Former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty warned Labor any boost in wages must be linked to productivity or there will be a ‘cost spike’ to the economy. Ms Keneally told Sky News despite its rhetoric, the government is doing nothing for low paid workers who are falling ‘further and further behind’ the rest of society.
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