Daryl Melham (Banks, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is directed to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, I refer to comments on Sunday by the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, who said of the government’s industrial relations changes: ‘I’m not in favour of anything that will drive down the minimum wage, especially when some of the top wages are so enormous.’ I also refer to comments made by the chair of the low pay commission, Professor Ian Harper, on 31 May when he said that the government’s legislation ‘pushes’ the low pay commission to reduce the value of the minimum wage in real terms. Will the Prime Minister guarantee Archbishop Pell that the minimum wage will not be reduced in real terms?

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