Labor Concerned About Proposed Penalty Rates Changes

Labor Concerned About Proposed Penalty Rates Changes
Pedestrians cross a street in front of a Starbucks coffee house in Sydney Australia on May 28, 2014. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
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The opposition Labor Party is concerned that Australians will face reduced pay packets next summer if proposed changes to penalty rates are passed by the federal government.

However, the federal minister for industrial relations said Labor has “completely and dishonestly” mischaracterised one part of the proposed changes.

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