Annette Ellis (Canberra, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement on the Alan Jones program on radio 2GB on 4 August last year:

It would be absurd and unfair and unreasonable, if somebody has to work on a public holiday, that that person isn’t compensated by being paid whatever it is—the double time or the time and a half ...

I refer to Spotlight’s AWA, which expressly excludes ‘penalty rates, including for work on public holidays’. Prime Minister, why isn’t 2c an hour for working on a public holiday absurd, unfair and unreasonable, just like your legislation?

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