House debates Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

Thursday, 30 March 2017 House of Representatives

Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

2:49 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. It is a serious question. The government's submission to the minimum wage review states:

… low-paid workers are more likely to be young, female, single or without children.

It then argues why minimum-wage workers should not get a fair increase in pay. As a matter of government policy, is the government telling Australians, 'Don't be young, don't be female, don't be single and don't have children?'

Mr Frydenberg interjecting—

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