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

Yesterday's fair work decision means that tens of thousands of young workers will earn more at this important time in their lives. These are among our lowest paid, and they should be fairly compensated for the work they perform. As Sierra Bell says, who works three casual jobs, including one at Kmart, while studying at university:

Your bills aren't discounted even though you're paid a discounted rate of an adult.

Now Sierra and all those other young workers will be paid what they deserve.

In breaking news, my office has told me that the coalition and One Nation have decided to support this pay rise for young workers. What extraordinary about-face from the coalition, putting aside their ideological opposition for once to support millions of workers and back the union! Oh, hang on—I've just checked the date of this document. It's 1 April. April Fools! The Liberals, Nationals and One Nation will never support a pay rise because you want working people to be worse off.