House debates
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Questions without Notice
Workplace Relations
2:15 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. Why is the Prime Minister legislating changes to industrial relations laws which would allow take-home pay to be cut?
2:16 pm
Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
That is not the case.
Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
It is simply not the case. We are seeking to get Australians back into work. That's our goal: getting Australians back into work. Since the commencement of the pandemic, we have now seen 90 per cent of the jobs that were lost come back into this economy. Everything we are doing as a government is designed to get Australians back into work.