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Agreed. I know plenty that rely on penalty rates. A double figure paycut is just another kick in the guts.


The thing is Aloy, penalty rates were NOT changed by the FWA under Labor. They WERE changed under Liberal.


That's a massive change of attitude from the FWA that said there's "no reason to change the current arrangements."

 

In that four year period two things happened.

 

This decision was 9 months late and their vice-president Graeme Watson left the commission citing FWA dysfunction.

 

What does that tell you? It tells me the ALP interfered with the decision the first time and the Coalition interfered with it the second time. Just by sheer coincidence both decisions happen to match the Govt's ideology.

 

Nothing else in 4 years has happened in Australia to justify such a large change of direction and cutting workers' pay to this extent. It's not as if unemployment has gone up or we're having a recession.

 

So... for the above reasons I question FWA's decisions. Anyone capable of independent thinking would do the same.

 

That's why 1 Nation, NXT, Bob Katter, Derryn Hinch, have all changed their minds after input from their constituents.

 

It's actually quite refreshing, to see parliamentarians and senators independently representing the public for a change.

 

It's not something offered by the major parties, hence their declining popularity.