Senate debates

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

2:37 pm

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

Professor Stewart went on to say that our bill is a pretty straightforward implementation of the recommendations of Mr Bill Shorten's own Fair Work Act review panel. Responding to Mr Shorten's misleading claims that the government's proposed changes to IFAs would result in penalty rates being traded off for pizzas, even Professor Ron McCallum, a person hand-picked by Labor to review the Fair Work laws, said:

I don't think that the proposal of the Coalition in relation to IFAs means—

listen to this, Senator Cameron—

an automatic go back to Work Choices.

So nobody believes the mantra of Senator Cameron or Senator Lines about these reforms.

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