Senator CICCONE (Victoria—Deputy Government Whip in the Senate) (14:06): My question is to a minister who does care about cost of living, and that is the Minister for Finance and Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. The focus of the Albanese government, as we know, for the past two years has been on fighting inflation, getting wages moving again and providing cost-of-living relief where we can. Providing support for annual wage reviews and addressing the gender pay gap have been a core plank of our wages and economic policy. Minister, can you please update the Senate on the data that was released by the ABS today?
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