Scott Morrison has defended the government’s record on wages, while also vowing he ‘won’t drag Australia back into lockdown’ as COVID-19 cases and deaths rise.
, while also confirming the halving of the petrol excise would end in September as petrol prices nudge past $2 a litre in large parts of the country.and fighting inflation was the key economic challenge.
The prime minister said strengthening business conditions would make it easier for employers to pay staff more.up because unemployment is coming down,” he said. Mr Morrison said that was based on Treasury advice which expects fuel prices to fall by then, although the government continued to watch oil price movements.
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