Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: In six weeks' time, around a quarter of a million workers will get a pay increase to $18.90 an hour. The increases we have made this term are equivalent to more than $6,500 a year in the pay packet of a full-time worker. That's money for things like school uniforms, healthy food, and sports equipment. When hard-working people on low incomes have more money in their pocket, they spend it in their local community, and that is great news for the economy.