House debates Private Members' Business

Workplace Relations

Monday, 20 March 2017 House of Representatives

Warren Entsch

Warren Entsch Leichhardt, Liberal Party

5:13 pm

I am certainly pleased to speak against this motion today. I have long advocated for the reduction of penalty rates, and I refuse to be a hypocrite like the Leader of the Opposition. Leichhardt is the electorate most highly dependent on tourism. It is responsible for 20 per cent of employment, and it is a seven-day-a-week industry. Tourists want to have a meal, go shopping and hit the nightclubs regardless of what—

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