Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, Newspoll today should be no surprise. Young people are getting screwed over. Owning a home is out of reach, study is getting more expensive, work is getting more insecure and now many young people's wages will be cut after the Fair Work Commission decision, cheered on by your government, to cut their penalty rates. Last year the Greens announced our plan to protect penalty rates in legislation, and we are pleased that others are now on board. Prime Minister, will you now join with the rest of the parliament in protecting the wages of hundreds of thousands of Australians, especially our youngest and lowest paid workers, by backing the Greens bill? Wouldn't it be better to spend this week protecting young people's wages instead of giving the big banks a multi-billion-dollar handout?

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