Mr MORRISON (Cook—Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service) (14:02): I am happy to respond to the Leader of the Opposition and I am happy to invite the Treasurer to add further comment. I simply remind the Leader of the Opposition that, in the most recent national accounts, real wage growth was up 0.7 per cent through the year. If they are saying that is the worst on record then why wasn't 0.5 per cent through the year when we came to government? Real wages growth in the most recent quarter is higher than it was in the quarter we inherited from the Labor government. I will ask the Treasurer to add a further response. But we have a plan to increase wages, as we have seen in the overall compensation of employees, which grew by five per cent. How is that happening? We are investing in infrastructure. We are expanding our trade barriers. We are investing in skills. We are ensuring that we are giving Australians back the money that they earned so they can keep more of what they earn. We are deregulating key sectors, whether they be water infrastructure, agribusiness or other areas essential to the future of the economy. The digital economy is becoming a reality under the policies of this government, which increases cash flow, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses. We are taking the regulation monkey off their back. That is how you grow an economy. You don't grow an economy by putting $387 billion worth of higher taxes on the hard work of Australians and the small business community of Australia.