Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

As far as I am concerned, the minimum wage will not be cut. I cannot see the minimum wage being cut in this nation. The only manner in which it might occur— and I confess this is an extreme hypothetical— would be if the Fair Work Commission were to so rule in its wage determinations. I would doubt that, but squaring off all bases, given that the Fair Work Commission makes these decisions, it is out of the hands of government and I do not expect or suspect that the Fair Work Commission will seek to decrease the minimum wage in this country.