John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition did not tell this parliament the truth about that company in South Australia. I therefore do not accept on face value what the member for Perth has claimed my colleague has said. While I am on my feet, what I can inform the member for Perth to be the case is that the sample survey of 250 AWAs in April showed that 84 per cent of the AWAs had higher wage rates than the comparable awards.

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