Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question is again to the Prime Minister. How does the Prime Minister reconcile his assertion that the Liberal Party is the party of family values with the fact that, under the government’s industrial relations legislation, Australian mums and dads can now be required to work more than the standard 38-hour week and not be paid overtime? Prime Minister, isn’t it the case that the government’s industrial relations legislation means that mums and dads cop it both ways: no compensation for longer working hours and less time with the family? Prime Minister, isn’t it a fact that the government’s IR legislation is a further fundamental assault on Australian families?

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