Opposition have opposed ‘every measure’ by the government to boost wages

Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke says the Opposition has opposed “every measure” by the government to boost wages. Mr Burke accused the Opposition of opposing wage increases “right from the start” during the election campaign. “They’ve opposed them right from the start when during the election campaign the Prime Minister was asked a question – would he support a wage rise being backed at the Fair Work Commission, and he had a one-word answer that’ll be very familiar to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition,” he said during Question Time on Tuesday. “’ Absolutely,’ absolutely to support those wage rises. “The same that was used from those opposite to say that they would oppose a tax cut for every Australian and that they would roll it back.”