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Dutton says Liberals will bin right to disconnect' if they win next election
Switching gears now - Peter Dutton has vowed to scrap the right to disconnect" if the Liberal party wins the next election. Last week, Dutton told Sky News:
If you think it's OK to outsource your industrial relations or your economic policy to the Greens, which is what the prime minister is doing, then we are going to see a continuation of the productivity problem in our country.
And as the Reserve Bank governor pointed out, if you don't address it you'll see interest rates continue to climb or you'll see them stay higher for longer.
We've been overwhelmed by positive feedback from people who say - yeah, it's not right that I should be on call 24/7 when I'm not getting paid for it.
And Peter Dutton wants you electronically bound to your boss, and having to answer calls 24/7, even if you're not getting paid for it.
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