Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for the question. I remember the interview that he is referring to. I think it is important and all of those on this side of the House know that we need to do everything we can to get young people into jobs. This is what we want to do. We want to make sure that young people know that they are better off in a job than they are on drawing down welfare. And on this side of the House we are prepared to consider the options that are necessary to put young people into jobs. But we are not alone, it would seem, because the Prime Minister was asked earlier about the issue of penalty rates. What we found in South Australia recently was a deal done by the shoppies union which actually led to a reduction in penalty rates. The member for Port Adelaide said in relation to the deal done by the shoppies, 'This is what we envisaged—

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