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

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will understand that without looking at the agreement she holds aloft, I am not going to confirm or deny anything that might be in it. From here, even the sharpest eyesight would not be able to read everything in that document, and she knows that.

She invites me to say something about penalty rates, overtime and loadings for shiftwork or weekends. It is true that I have argued in the past—and I do not deny it—that these should be matters of negotiation. I have never denied that. I have argued that in the past. But can I also tell you about somebody else who has argued it in the past. Let me read something to you.

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