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Xenophon bill would slash wages for low-paid workers, says DEEWR

Passage of independent Senator Nick Xenophon's bill to reduce penalty rates in retail and hospitality would "fundamentally recalibrate the existing and common distinctions between regular and other working hours and days" and cut the average weekly pay of 200,000 affected low-paid workers by up to $58 a week (11%), according to DEEWR.