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Foreign minister Penny Wong has told RN Breakfast that Labor is realistic" on what outcomes the government can achieve on tariffs with the Trump administration.

We'll keep working hard for the best outcome, but I think all of us are realistic. As the prime minister made it clear yesterday, we are not willing to trade away the things that make Australia the best country in the world, like our healthcare system. We don't want the Americanisation of our healthcare system. We won't be weakening our biosecurity laws and we won't be trading away our PBS.

He made a similar submission, and what happened to real wages over the last three years? Real wages have dropped in this country, and workers have seen the greatest drop in their standard of living over three years.

The Fair Work Commission are an independent body. They shouldn't be politicised. That is why they are independent.