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On what Anne Ruston said, here is some of what Scott Morrison said about the 5.1% figure on 11 May:

Anthony Albanese says that he wants wages to go up by 5.1% and he thinks that Australians don't know what the impact of that would be on their interest rates, on unemployment or on inflation in the cost of living.

He thinks Australians don't get the link between these things. He thinks he can just say what he likes and you can have your cake and eat it.

I think you'll find that the government has been very clear in its condemnation of the comments by Mr Albanese, not because of the figure that he put out there specifically, but the fact that he's just chosen to put a figure out there you know, without bothering to consult, take advice, you know, there's no science around it.