Senate debates
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Bills
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025; In Committee
6:45 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source
We didn't make it a compulsory rule of being an attendee at the round table that you had to agree with the government on every point. We included a cross-section of views. But we were not persuaded by the evidence from those groups. As I say, it's not unusual for employer groups to oppose changes that Labor governments make to workplace relations laws.
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