'People are angry.'
The opposition Labor party wants to make stagnant wages a focus of its election campaign, with its union allies claiming"Australians have seen the largest fall in their living standards in 30 years".
Many demonstrators wore fluorescent"hi-visibility" workwear and carried banners with"Change the Rules" written on them. "People are angry. They are out in the streets. They are out in force but they are campaigning for something very simple: 'a fair go'," he told reporters as he joined the mass rally.
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