The Liberal party has never understood why penalty rates are part of our social contract. How did Bill Shorten flub his chance to remind us of that?The Liberal party has never understood how weekend penalty rates – largely paid to workers in casualised,low-paid, female-dominated industries of retail and hospitality – contribute to the economies of entire families. whether ever there was an “us and them” issue to demarcate the interests of the Liberals against the majority of Australian working people, and this is it. So how did Bill Shorten flub his opportunity to land hits on Malcolm “seven day economy” Turnbull where he’s truly vulnerable?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com