Senate debates

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Bills

Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025; In Committee

12:03 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I absolutely do not consider the wages earned by employees of small businesses to be fringe issues. I think they're really important issues, and that is why am proud to be part of a Labor government that is increasingly wages of workers in small businesses and big businesses after 10 years of wage suppression by the coalition.

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