Herald Sun reported that while talking to 3AW, Malcolm Turnbull told Neil Mitchell “We do Support It”.
Mr Turnbull said that the government is looking at a two-year time frame to gradually implement this decision and the Fair Work Commission is looking into the best way to align the weekend penalty rates.
The opposition leader Bill Shorten attacked Mr Turnbull saying that the penalty cuts were his fault, to which Mr Turnbull responded by saying that Mr Shorten was lying and that even though the government supported the decision, it was made by an independent commission.
Mr Turnbull also cited Mr Shorten’s admission last year that he would support the commission’s decision and said that, “He is the one that’s broken his word and he’s lying here.”
Mr Shorten hit back at Mr Turnbull, saying by choosing to vote against legislation to stop the penalty cuts he is adopting the decision.
"They are his cuts," he told reporters in Canberra.
