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

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (19:29): I'm not sure that it's got anything to do with business automation. What will happen as a result of this bill is that employees in Australia, whether they be employees of large or small businesses, will not face having their penalty rates cut from the awards, and that includes the 443,500 employees who are currently subject to a cut.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR ( Senator O'Sullivan ): It being 7.30pm, I shall now report to the Senate. Progress reported.