Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Can I also touch on issues that are pertinent to my own state of Victoria. During the Fair Work Commission's deliberations on this particular issue, they received a number of submissions from Victorian businesses, and I would like to repeat some of the quotes in those submissions.

Mr Williams, the owner and manager of the San Remo hotel in Victoria, who has 24 employees, said that, by reducing the number of hours that he works, there would be more hours available for staff—a positive benefit to small businesses if Sunday penalty rates were reduced. Ms Usher, who is the owner and manager of the Fitzroy Beer Garden in Fitzroy in Victoria, has 12 employees, and she said that she expects that the six-hour shifts currently worked by either herself or her husband would be taken by one of the existing casuals.