Ordinary Australians ‘deserve a pay rise’: Plibersek

Shadow Minister for Women and Education Tanya Plibersek says ordinary Australians “deserve a pay rise” and job security. “There's a range of cost-of-living expenses that have gone up at the same time as wages have been flatlining,” Ms Plibersek told Sky News Australia. “So for eight long years Australians haven’t seen a wage increase and in fact this budget the government is budgeting for those wages to go down.” Ms Plibersek said Labor believes they can ease cost-of-living pressures by doing something to improve wages, bringing down the cost of childcare for 97 per cent of families and bringing down power bills through cheaper renewable energy. Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au