Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall making the following statement to parliament in 1992 expressing his longstanding views on industrial relations. He said:

... we believe that such matters as penalty rates, the length of the working week, overtime, holiday loadings and all of those things that are holding back the needed flexibility in Australia’s industrial relations system ought to be matters for negotiation between employers and employees. We do not shy away from that. We do not walk away from it for a moment.

Does the Prime Minister stand by this statement? Does it not reflect his consistent attitude to penalty rates and overtime throughout his political career?

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