We called Australia's peak business groups on a Sunday - they didn't answer
The loudest, clearest, proponents of a reduction in penalty rates take a different view about their own leisure time.
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Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is Fairfax Media's national affairs editor. A director of the National Press Club, he regularly appears on the ABC's Insiders, Sky News Agenda, and Ten's Meet the Press. He has reported from Canberra under three prime ministers and several opposition leaders.
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