Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Allow me to get the Prime Minister back to a state of brevity.

Government Members:

Government members interjecting—

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! Members on my right! The Leader of the Opposition will start his question again.

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Prime Minister, why is it fair that Mrs Harris gets only 2c an hour to compensate her for losing $21.40 for every hour that she works on a public holiday? Why did you mislead the public on Alan Jones?

John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have not misled the public. I’ll tell you what: he has—

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! If members continue to defy the chair, I will take action. I call the Prime Minister.

John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have not misled the public. Let me say to the Leader of the Opposition that the question he has to answer is: why does he want to destroy the living standards of those hundreds of thousands of aspirational Australians on Australian workplace agreements?

Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Beazley interjecting

David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The Leader of the Opposition does not have the call.