Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his comments in the House about the 40 people in Mount Druitt employed by Spotlight on the 2c an hour Spotlight AWA. Isn’t it the case that in Mount Druitt there are nearly 600 employees employed in the retail industry on the relevant award or certified agreement who, if they work at Coles or Kmart and work the same hours as Mrs Harris, are $119 to $126 a week better off than those on the 2c an hour Spotlight AWA? Won’t the government’s industrial relations legislation force the other retailers in Mount Druitt to join the 2c an hour wages race to the bottom?

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