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

Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (18:59): Yes, I understand that, and we believe that penalty rates should be protected as well; we're not suggesting that they're not protected. The Fair Work Commission already has the remit of protecting penalty rates. I'm trying to understand why, effectively, the government is duplicating these protections in legislation instead of trusting the Fair Work Commission to do their job.