House debates Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

Wednesday, 1 March 2017 House of Representatives

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer

2:08 pm

My question is to the Treasurer. This morning at Senate estimates, the Secretary of the Treasury was asked whether the decision to cut penalty rates would create more jobs. The secretary said, and I quote: 'I don't have an opinion on that.' Can the Treasurer confirm that his own department has not advised the government that this will create jobs and, in fact, this is just a straight pay cut for 700,000 Australians?

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