Labor 'has to acknowledge' real wages have fallen

Labor has to acknowledge real wages have actually fallen around $153 per week, says Nationals MP Anne Webster. “What has fed into that are things like energy costs, grocery bills, petrol prices,” Ms Webster told Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson. “There is a range that has been in the Prime Minister’s bailiwick to deal with and he has not dealt with it. “Now the people across Australia, particularly lower and middle income earners, are the ones who are suffering. “He is the one who needs to sort this out.”