Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Abetz, representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Is the minister aware of reports that the new Nationals MP for Tweed, Mr Geoff Provest, has concerns about his 26-year-old son, Patrick, standing to lose penalty rates under Work Choices? Does the minister agree with Mr Provest that ‘there’s some more work to be done in terms of protecting those penalty rates’? Is the minister concerned that one of Mr Provest’s successful election strategies was to disown Work Choices? What will your government do to protect the wages and conditions of those like Patrick Provest and others at the Tweed bowls club?