Sky News Political Editor aclennell says Attorney General Christian Porter dealing directly with ACTU Secretary Sally McManus over the JobKeeper shows 'the government has quite deliberately gone around the Labor Party'.
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Attorney General Christian Porter dealing directly with ACTU Secretary Sally McManus over the JobKeeper shows "the government has quite deliberately gone around the Labor Party". Mr Porter and Ms McManus were in negotiation over the finer details of the JobKeeper bill on Monday, which Mr Clennell said "should go through [Wednesday] evening".
"Everyone knows how important it is for this country to have this legislation passed so it will pass," he said. Mr Clennell told Sky News host Peta Credlin Labor is expect to "amend a few things, [but] the government will vote them down". He did raise a few "big inconsistencies" with the bill, namely how a young casual employee "only working a few hours a week, suddenly finds themselves on an annual salary of $37,000 … which is wrong".
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