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SenateWednesday 27 August 2025

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

Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (18:34): I'll try and remember how I said it. Why does the bill's drafting not distinguish between legitimate above award arrangements and unlawful underpayment, which are very different things—thereby risking the capture of arrangements like the clubs award provisions that I referred to earlier this evening?

SourceSenate, Wednesday 27 August 2025 — official recordTA-250827-senate-13a2547db1b0:s300