Hon MICHAEL WOOD (Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety): I reject the premise of the member's question that Government decisions have imposed costs on businesses that have contributed to the cost of living and I note that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's modelling indicates that the inflationary impacts of policies like minimum wage increases are very limited—and this was, in fact, modelled at just 0.12 percent this year. Our Government has sought to build a modern and fair workplace relations environment through policies like increasing sick leave entitlement to 10 days per year, increasing paid parental leave from 18 to 26 weeks, and increasing the minimum wage from $15.75 in 2015 to $21.20 in April of this year. The benefits of these policies are far-reaching—for example, a minimum wage worker working 40 hours a week in 2017, compared to 1 April this year, will receive $218 a week more and we've achieved that while keeping unemployment at record low levels. On this side of the House, we reject the outdated and binary view of workplace relations in which any investment in the workforce is seen as a negative for business. We believe that fair and decent conditions are a foundation for good workplace relationships and a productive economy.