“After each and every five years, there is a wage board comes under the government. And in the wage board, basically, the representative from the owners, from the government and from the workers' federations are there.”

“When workers were leaving the sector… we increased aged care wages. We invested $18 billion. We put registered nurses in every aged care home around the clock, 24-7.”

“We've delivered payday super, ensuring workers receive super with their wages, and I pay tribute to the work of the Treasurer on this. This was a gaping $6 billion hole before those reforms.”

“Labour costs make up about 70% of the flow of spending of a centre; increasing wages raises the underlying costs of provision”

“We built this on top of a government survey, the Survey of Consumer Finances… we incorporate people's wages, savings, job changes… long-term care… produce a distribution of outcomes on retirement income adequacy.”