Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was busy talking up Wednesday’s wage price data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) which finally eked out positive real growth:
![Anthony Albanese Tweet](https://api.macrobusiness.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Anthony-Albanese-Tweet.png)
Shadow Home Affairs Minister, James Paterson, hit back claiming that Australians are “substantially worse off” under the Labor government.
Both are full of it.
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