Labor again showed their true, anti-worker, colours. When the Greens introduced a motion to give teenagers super, to put money in the pockets of hard working young Australians, Labor made it clear that they intend to give that money to big corporations like Coles and Woolies.

I went to work at 16 and I paid super % and it rolled on to later after children. You work and pay tax you should get super entitlements no matter what age. My dad sat on a super board for 23 yrs in Tas looking out for workers in Govt sector

So, what are the admin fees and associated costs for a teenager’s small super account? In the past small super accounts were drained by admin fees and all sorts of charges. Same thing: “money to big corporations”! Is politician trying to sell stories?

Stop Pick Pocketing From Teenagers!🖕 #ShoebridgeMethod #SnoutTheCon 🐽 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

@DianaRyall Good on you David. You are so right, why are teenagers disadvantaged in this way?

but you do support our young having to compete with the world's poorest for employment and the world's wealthiest for shelter champ. Can you imagine the damage that mass immigration has and is doing to our fragile environment...

I thought every employee did get superannuation, so why on earth would @AustralianLabor vote against this? Also, these big corporates have been in trouble for wage theft, and lie that young people don't work as hard as adults. Good on you for standing up for them! #auspol

WTF are you on about. That money would have gone into a super fund run by ex politicians, bureaucrats and unions. They’d also have to wait 50 years till retirement to see any of it. Better in a teenagers pocket now don’t you think

Under this move it's put in the pocket of the corporation - the worst possible outcome

The worse possible outcome is not allowing young people to control their own money but instead give it to someone else to dictate when and how they can use it

Where does Super go plonker? Straight to big corporations. But wait... they may give some of it back to you in 50 yrs, if they haven't illegally spent it on themselves and then filed for bankruptcy and/or the Govt of the day stealing it from you. Wait for the next stock crash!

Along with the need to pay super to teenage workers, there’s evidently a need for a renewed super education campaign. Odd to see ppl arguing against their own interests. Fancy thinking you’d be better off being reliant on the old age pension in retirement- a miserable prospect.

yet the @Greens did a dirty deal with @AustralianLabor for their tax changes, selling out Australians!!! think about that champ!!!

Kids will never see the super, governments just looking for more ways to fleece more people to keep feeding big government.

Labor and Greens love socialism. On the left is what socialism has done to Australia. On the right One Nation wants prosperity not corruption.

David you would make an excellent PM. You continue to fill us with hope that not all politicians are recruited by zionists and the israeli 'lobby'. Or are lapdogs of the US . Those untainted politicians need to be building ranks of candidates for upcoming elections. Hope springs

Why not just stop the govt giving out money in the first place? You act like govts only job is to make it rain. How about letting people who earn the money keep the money and direct it as they see fit without your grubby little grasping fingers getting all over it?

superannuation is paid by corporations

Superannuation is paid by the budget spent on workers. Move the role overseas and the worker gets to keep the whole pot.

Interesting point: 16 and 17 year olds are not yet entitled to vote. Speaks volumes about Labor's attitude to people without agency. Labor does not champion workers, they champion their corporate donors. Disgraceful.

Except it doesn't put money in their pockets. It puts in less. 😏

The Greens are a cancer on society ☠️

As long as we have shoppies in ph worker policy around those companies is going to be shit. They traded off young Aussie workers rights decades ago with sweetheart deals for the big corps as long as they signed up all thd kids to the union

Young people have been exploited ever since McDonald's landed in Australia. Why wasn't something done about exploitation back then?

So struggling small business would be forced to pay the 12% superannuation? Give it a rest goose. Socialism isn’t wanted

Labour ceased to be the party of the worker when Whitlam took over.

End mandatory superannuation. It's financialising our economy, hollowing out production and propping up the housing bubble. Give workers the choice to take home the money in their paycheck. Here's an alternative proposal: - abolish junior rates and replace it with youth employment subsidies - initiate a productive job guarantee program to rebuild our economy - replace superannuation with a National Age Pension Fund to invest in domestic production and reshoring rather than foreign and speculative investment

Abolish compulsory superannuation entirely. It's government-mandated wage theft.

I’m all for everyone that works to get super but who’s paying the price? Will price go up cause wages now have to include the super at 12%. It may not seem like much but it all adds up

wages of under 18s are not the driver of prices - we know corporate super profits are

Oh for sure but big corp will pass it onto the consumer which is piss weak of them but it’s how they keep their profits so high

Get s hold of yourself Shoebridge. Hard day was it? Go have some warm milk & a nap.

Wrong. Wrong. Stop kids play Money being given to the voracious Super Funds. Stoping being the bankers party in green disguise

Compulsory super is a scam. It should be abolished. Let workers keep what they earn.

Like when you get into low ranking coppers who are just doing their job? Jog on.

Labor have been the party of big business for decades now. You'll still back all their policies though. FFS!

You share those anti-worker colours with your communist Labor brethren, as you're a party of mass migration sycophants and advocates. Migration suppresses wage growth. Large corporations love your party, because you ensure they have an infinite pool of potential employees.

WHY ARE YOU TRASHING LABOR WHEN YOU THE GREENS ARE ANOTHER LABOR LAP DOG ???

@senatorpennyqld #FreePalestineFromHamas

about turn needed the young want money in their pocket super is a self inflating ballon and abrogation of government nation building responsibilty.