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

I think all of us around here know that nobody misleads Laurie Oakes. Laurie Oakes is a very competent journalist. Let me say to the member for Perth that what I said on Sunday is perfectly true, and that is that under the law—and I am glad he asked me this question, because people have been running around the country around telling porkies about it; they really have. It amazes me—it shocks me, in fact—that people would go around saying that under the law you can bargain away your four weeks annual leave. You cannot do that.

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