Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. I see some of my colleagues, while noticing her attention to the member for Dawson, suggesting that perhaps she should shop locally and that may be of more benefit to small business and workers in her electorate. The honourable member is doing a very poor job of trying to verbal the government on the matter of penalty rates. Our position is very clear: we support the decisions of the independent umpire because they are taken by the independent umpire. The government has not decided to change one penalty rate or another.

Mr Shorten interjecting—

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