Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister. It follows on from his earlier answer to the Leader of the Opposition. I again refer to the Spotlight AWA, which satisfies the government’s minimum legislative requirements, and in particular to clause 20 of this AWA, which provides:

… this … expressly excludes the operation of protected award … conditions in relation to, incidental to and/or … with respect to:

rest breaks;

incentive-based payments and bonuses;

annual leave loading;

public holidays;

loadings for working overtime or shift work; and

penalty rates, including for work on public holidays …

Does the Acting Prime Minister believe that it is appropriate that the government’s legislation enables these conditions to be sold down the river at the stroke of a pen for the princely sum of 2c?

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