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

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the following exchange he had with Laurie Oakes on the Sunday program on the weekend:

LAURIE OAKES: ... you can’t deny that a lot of workers are bargaining away conditions ... they lose their penalty rates, their holiday leave loadings ... They end up out of pocket.

JOHN HOWARD: I mean you talk about, did you say annual leave?

LAURIE OAKES: Annual leave loadings.

JOHN HOWARD: Yes, well annual leave, you can’t lose your annual leave.

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