Senate debates
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Bills
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025; In Committee
12:06 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source
As I said earlier, we're entirely comfortable with workers and their employers reaching agreements about their pay and conditions, and that is what the enterprise bargaining system operates for. But we don't think it's appropriate that the minimum conditions that are set in an award should allow for penalty rates to be cut.
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