House debates
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Questions without Notice
Social and Community Workers
2:32 pm
Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister and it seeks clarity as to the government’s submissions to Fair Work Australia in the equal pay case. Does the government agree that equal pay for these workers should be forthcoming as a matter of overriding principle? Or, will the government argue to Fair Work Australia that its self-imposed budgetary restraints are relevant to ending discrimination, effectively asking already underpaid workers to shoulder an unfair burden in getting the budget back into surplus?
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