House debates

Monday, 12 October 2015

Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

2:21 pm

Photo of Bill ShortenBill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Last week, when interviewed on radio about cutting penalty rates, the Prime Minister said that workers would have to be persuaded that:

… in net terms they'd be better off.

Can the Prime Minister please explain how cutting the penalty rates of 4½ million working Australians would leave them net better off?

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