Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

As those opposite would know, the decision around the penalty rates was a decision for the Fair Work Commission, the independent umpire who rightly and appropriately makes the decisions when it comes to penalty rates. Perhaps, if those opposite listened a little more closely, they would realise that that is indeed the case. What I find really extraordinary is that the senator rises to raise an issue of regional Queensland, but, when I look across at the senators of the other side, how many of them are actually from regional areas?