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vulnerable Canberrans, it will be because of their amazing resilience when their ACT government let them down.

I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to the board and the volunteers who gave countless hours to SHOUT in supporting the 47 groups. At the end of May, they will know very well that where the community stood by them, the government failed.

It is very disappointing to see that the Greens will not be supporting my motion and that they have supported the amendment. We in the opposition believe that it is the ACT government’s responsibility to step in and make sure that groups like this exist and thrive. On that basis, we will not be supporting the amendment that has come through, because it is fundamentally letting down SHOUT and its member organisations.

Question put:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 13		Noes 10
Mr Barr	Ms Orr	Mr Coe	Ms Lee
Ms Burch	Mr Pettersson	Mr Doszpot	Mr Parton
Ms Cheyne	Mr Ramsay	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Cody	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Ms Fitzharris	Mr Steel	Mrs Jones
Mr Gentleman	Ms Stephen-Smith	Mrs Kikkert
Ms Le Couteur		Ms Lawder

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Penalty rates

MR PETTERSSON (Yerrabi) (11.35): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that the recent decision of the Fair Work Commission to cut penalty rates for employees working on the weekends will negatively impact workers in this sector;

(2) also notes that:

(a) the retail and hospitality sectors employ 2.1 million people across Australia, and employs 28 200 in the ACT;

(b) this decision will see a reduction in pay of people in this sector of up to $6000 a year;

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