John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The final nail in the coffin was the absurd argument advanced by those who sit opposite and their supporters in the union movement that the new Fair Pay Commission, which they derisively called a low pay commission, was going to slash the minimum wage. You could see the thunder on their faces despite all the bonhomie they were displaying last Thursday when the decision came out from the Fair Pay Commission of a $27 a week increase in the minimum wage. So I say to the member for Capricornia—and I have not read that particular website—that what is right about Work Choices is that all of your claims against it are dead wrong.

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