Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (18:14): I don't think I said I dismissed it; I said I disagree with their views. We could not have been clearer before the election about what we intended to do here. In fact, I think I remember announcing this policy on Easter Sunday.

Was it Easter Sunday? It was certainly over the Easter holidays. I remember all the employer groups disagreeing with it, opposing it, campaigning against it.

The Australian people had their say, and now it's our role to fulfil that commitment.