Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall the following exchange in Brisbane on 28 September 2004, at the launch of the coalition’s industrial relations policy:

Journalist: Do you think ... the Government would consider reducing the number of allowable matters?

Prime Minister: Well, we don’t ... they’ve worked pretty well ...

Why did the Prime Minister mislead the Australian people in the 2004 election campaign by saying that he would not put at risk public holidays, rest breaks, incentive based payments and loadings, allowances, penalty rates and shift and overtime loadings?

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