Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. In question time a few moments ago, the Prime Minister said that he supported the penalty rates decision, and he also said: 'We support the independent umpire, whether it is the courts or whether it is the Fair Work Commission.' Given that this parliament regularly changes the law following decisions of the courts or tribunals when they were not what the government wanted, including when the government abolished the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, and noting that legislation doing exactly that on native title is before the Senate now, is the reason the Prime Minister refuses to act in this instance simply because he supports the pay cut?

Mr Fletcher interjecting—

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