I am a carer already stunned by how devoting myself to my work and the people I care for to hear the prime Minister State that we can aspire to a better job. I know he hasn’t forgotten that we are in the middle of an ageing work force yet his words and actions clearly tell us that he just really doesn’t care about any of them or us. Well it must be very nice to be doing so well that he can afford to give his whole wage away which is why i don’t understand why he needed a top up payment or how he can tell all of us we can work until we drop as he will already be off on his early retirement before then and he will not spare people like me a thought while he does so.Saturday and Sundays are not just another day i work when my children don’t and visa versa my grandchildren go to school when i am off and are available when I work as I need the extra Weekend rates to make ends meet .Is it really a choice to struggle more to be able to spend more time with my family. I cant afford to study to expand my skills nor can i afford to take time off to attend study courses either and with our ageing work force it still wouldn’t be easy to find better employment at my age let alone by the age I will be by the time I would finish any of these courses.The reality is that I am A carer already caring for people younger than myself, who knows if I will even physically make it to retirement So according to the Prime Minister if I were to do do somehow, who ever replaced me would be in an unenviable situation of employment too not being able to make ends meet because he just doesn’t care.

being in my job for over ten years means I’ve given up over five be years of weekends five years of Christmas and Easter more family birthdays and functions than I can remember. Everything I have and everything I’ve achieved is through the stability of my job and being paid for working weekends etc. now I stand to lose it all and to have to start all ove raging new employees and pay etc it’s not fair and not right

Please keep them the same hard working families like mine can’t afford a pay cut it’s a struggle to make ends meet as it is

The extra pay for working such unsociable hours help me and many others to get by.

I work two job to support my family an pay dubble the tax, I’m 50 years old an work 180 a fortnight, with out people who work weekends an two jobs, who going too support family?? The Centrelink can’t support my family so who is? The Australian government out of bloody touch with its own people.

It’s more concerned with bludgers on the system an new Australian, so how can new Australian afford new cars, houses then oh I know it’s off the back of hard working Australian men an woman who have two jobs an dubble the tax.

One way too destroy a system is to cut wages, so now we have the richest an the poor, well done Trumbull, try to live on $65,980 a year an pay rent, medical, an family experience.

I’m sick and tired of working for greedy companies who keep putting more and more money into their big pockets. The money they take from us goes into office parties and bonuses. They don’t use it to hire extra workers they use it to buy themselves expenise items while poor Joe Blow cleans up after their stincky arses.. Without penalty rates my pay is worth nothing. I don’t spend precious time with my family on weekends while those rich f..ks enjoy their weekends with their family, without worrying about how the bills will get paid.. I am a single mum and my roster includes rotating weekend work so without the extra bit that comes in I will be below the poverty line. How about we bludge of you Prime minister!!! It’s the hard workers who keep this country going not the giants who can claim all their tax back. Why would you even go down this track, wages are meant to go up not down you idiot. If you vote liberal it means you are well off so from now on I will make sure I don’t spend any money on a sunday and I hope others will do the same. Without the middle man there would not be rich pricks on this earth.. Lets hope labour can reverse the damage that this Prime minister has caused in this country. What a joke we are going backwards to the dark ages. Oh well just means I won’t be able to spend my hard earned money, in the long run this is bad for the greedy giants which can bring their empire down, did you actually think before you made this decision Prime minister???? Dah

It means that I dont understand about the so called wage cuts on weekend rates, because of EBA night shift and day shift workers receive the same amount of rate Monday to Sunday, and public holiday pay differs from one union to another, we get lesser with the current union. It doesnt make sense to me. We might be better off if the employer just follow the FairWork Pay Guides especially so when when you are employed within the corporation own and/or controlled by the government (my two cents).

I will NEVER purchase anything from a business that doesn’t pay their employees penalties

I work in Aged Care. I am a Personal Care Worker.

I work most Weekends.

I work because I love what I do.

While I’m work, my family are home because I want to give them a chance to live. Most of my bills are paid because I work weekends

If the penalty rates are cut, that means that I can no longer do a full shop each fortnight; pay the bills on time (bills are paid fortnightly) and it means that I will have to move to cheaper housing which is hard if I want my kids to stay in the current school

It means to me that we are ruled by a government that is out of touch with hard-working people, otherwise they would realise that there is no justification for their own pay rise of $200 per week, when they constantly talk about wanting to achieve a budget surplus again.

Furthermore, they should be ashamed giving hard-working people (the backbone of society) tax relief of $10 per week , when they previously allowed penalty cuts of 25% to occur (in my case this means that I will loose more than 100 per fortnight – money to pay for my monthly electricity usage). Contrary, if they really cared about hard-working people, they would have intervened to stop penalty cuts to occur, instead they are “happy” to blame Labour for hard-working people being worse off. A government that pretends to “represent all Australians,” and wants “all Australians to better off,” wouldn’t have allowed such a massive penalty cut. Furthermore their persistence to legislate massive tax cuts for big businesses, for instance banks, is a constant reminder that they do not care about hard working Australians, particularly when one learns about big businesses’ abuse of power, taking advantage of vulnerable people etc. I my experience I have never worked for a business investing/employing more people just because of tax cuts.

I will get the usual annual payrise of 3,5%, ca. 0,40cents per hour, it will not compensate for the loss I am incurring, even though there was a basic wage increase of $25. It will take me years to just get the same amount of money I used to get before the penalty cuts. For my misery and the misery of other hard working people, I thank the Government and all the business people who are greedy and out of touch with reality.

Obviously politicians are paid way way too much and need a slap back to reality, especially this rorting lying Liberal Government, and none of you are value for taxpayers money

Politicians are never live on income base on 10-15 hours working per fortnight but we did, when Malcolm Turnbull cut funding to support parents send children to the childcare to work since 2017. Parents could not afford to send children to the daycare anymore, educators lost the jobs and now he wants to cut more money and penalty rate. Malcolm Turnbull and his politicians should be in the workers’ shoes to understand how much chance to gain right income is important to workers’ families.

I’m now retired but I have taken on employers in the past who were not paying penalty rates to workers, most of whom were female and vulnerable due to their age (students and older employees), who really needed their jobs. In order to take the unfairness to the Industrial Court, I had to get many of these underpaid workers to join the Union before we could get the support to take action. Both Court actions were positive. I encourage workers to join their respective Union.

I have a degree and multiple post graduate training but due to a medical condition I cannot work full time in the system as it is

So

I created a job for myself and now work full time but… when my condition deteriorates I have to close shop until I’m well enough to go again.

I’m lucky my clients at happy to go with the flow but on $38,000/year there no wriggle space.


Would you prefer me to go into the Centrelink system? I’m eligible and have been there. It’s just too humiliating

I’d rather go back to sleeping on the streets

Been there too


Senator, get to know your constituents. Homeless people can vote too

This will mean that either I wear the penalty pay rate cut or I don’t work on the weekend. I would choose not to work, it would be hard to go without, but it would remind the employer, if they can’t afford penalty rates, don’t open the doors to your establishment.

I know a lot of people that can barely survive as it is. Those penalty rates were the only thing giving them some breathing room for unforeseen bills or events. These politicians should be disgusted with themselves.

Doesn’t affect me directly but it does affect my nephews and nieces. Greatly reduces their wages as they only work weekends.

We will never forget all the benefits politician s enjoy plus the pay rise they have themselves, shameful. I am disgusted.

It hasn’t hit the care industry yet but I have empathy for the industries which it already does. Not only do casual workers in the hospitality and retail sectors suffer with pay cuts they also suffer with superannuation. I learnt that if a casual worker does not earn more than $450.00 per month their employer does not have to pay them any superannuation. So if some employers have many young casual workers and ensures each casual receives only enough hours that pays them under the $450.00 they save themselves from paying superannuation to those casuals. My daughter, and I’m sure many like her, was working three casual jobs to make ends meet. So how do the powers to be think that the lower income earner is going to build their superannuation to cover their retirement. This is another loop hole for employers. I do not care how much a casual worker earns, they should be paid superannuation on every dollar earnt. Also, if small business cannot afford to open on Sundays and public holidays either, 1. DON’T OPEN or 2. CHARGE A HIGHER RATE because its the patrons who can afford to eat out on these days due to their big wages SO LET THEM PAY A SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY LOADING RATE. But please do not tell me by taking away the loadings that it will create more jobs because I do not believe you. As per last Mother’s Day my daughter did a split shift.

What is wrong with the Government. Give them a wage of a hospitality worker without weekend rates and see if it lasts 2 days. They reward those breaking the law like illegal immigrants, however make hard working Aussies suffer even more. I work in AGED Care and see what these people and families pay for care, hearing ,seeing and walking aides etc. It is out of reach. How are people going to fund their retirement let alone feed their families or themselves now. Wake up politicians.

I work on a Saturday morning. My daughter once qualified as a Midwife will work on a 7 day rotating shift. Women sacrifice treasured family time when they work on the weekend. Family is the fabric of our social cohesive and where the health of a nation is built. cutting penalty rates on weekends undermines the health and well being of our nation. The choice to work weekends is not one you wish to make, it is one you are forced to make due to the current structure of the workforce and the economy generally. Workers must be adequately compensated for this sacrifice. Otherwise you are creating an underclass of employee and at the same time, cutting into and weakening the social and economic fabric of our nation.

Those giving the pay cut should be the first to take a pay cut and at the same percentage as what they want others to take it as. It feels like lower wage earners have to suffer to make the politicians even more better off. The rich getting richer the poorer getting fuck all. Actually cap wages. Every persons job is as important as the next. Maybe it’s time for them to walk in a lower wage earners shoes for a year or two. Arsewipes.

wrong to work anytime over the weekend and be paid so little. weekend workers give up so much .now you have to think is it worth it.shame shame shame

we seem to be in the 1980’s era again where corporations & the like just treat staff like shit plus (Liberal) governments think this is ok & sit back & let it all happen !!

Some of my workmates tell me this (cutting penalty rates) is what happened in New Zealand and eventually penalty rates disappeared from all workplces

I used to work in hospitality industry for over 30 years and I missed out on family get togethers, weddings, meeting friends for coffee on weekends etc.

I did work on weekends and my pay was worthwhile because of penalty rates on the weekends. I feel sorry for those still in the industry who will suffer because of the cuts! Malcolm Turnbull, when you go out for a coffee on the weekends, do you think you are helping the industry?? You could be lucky and not get that coffee in your lap!!

I think it is grossly unfair to think that some people expect to be waited on and not pay for service that effects people’s standard of living and seperates them from their families, so that they can have all the pleasure. User pays! Only fair.

I’ll cut out the coffees and food I get from small business in the shopping centre because we still have to pay the bills, good idea this cutting tax for big business and cutting wages for low paid workers 😬

I think it is disgusting that we are copying and recreating the USA model of the Working Poor. My intelligent son who is completing a university degree has a part time job at Coles to fund his study. Coles has a policy to ensure that no employee is given regular shifts in order to avoid permanent part time positions and contracts. This means their managers spend hours every week juggling that ‘Joe’ doesn’t work the same hours or days next week as he did this week because he may qualify for permanent part time work. This would mean ‘Joe’ would be entitled to sickness benefits if he got the flu so he could still pay his rent even though he is sick! To further cut his wages by reducing penalty rates is an outrage which adds insult to injury.

This REALLY needs to change!!!

Australia is no longer a first world country, we are joining the ranks of the 3rd world when it comes to working conditions. Shame on Australia!!!

Why don’t workers join unions ????

Workers need to look at the history of how workers moved from slave labor to having decent conditions, we are currently slipping backwards fast! For gods sake vote them out!

As a motel housekeeper who’s busiest day of the week is a Sunday morning rain hail or shine, this will impact us really hard. It’s bad enough with employers trying to shift as much work away from penalty rate days now without another knife in the back from this Government. While everyone else is sleeping in or enjoying their morning coffee n breakfast, theres us, the ever faithful servant. Weilding a dunny brush at 10 paces while trying to work out how to get a stain outta a carpet because the next guest is downstairs demanding to be checked in now. So much for respecting the little guy hey. I say we demand massive pay reductions for ALL politicians. When they scramble to stop it you’ll instantly know WHICH ones are in it for money and which are in it for the people they actually represent.