Election 2016: Labor in stoush with ABC over Vote Compass

Labor is furious with the ABC over its Vote Compass website, arguing it misrepresents the ALP's position on election-deciding policies including penalty rates and boat turn-backs.
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On penalty rates, for example, the website states that Labor only "somewhat agrees" with the proposition that "People who work on a Sunday should get paid more than people who work on a Saturday" whereas the Greens are said to "strongly agree" with the statement.

This is despite Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's repeatedly arguing in favour of the current Sunday penalty rates arrangements and promising, if elected, Labor would make a further submission to the Fair Work Commission to defend Sunday penalty rates.

Yet Labor will not defend sunday penalty rates.


And on the statement: "Boats carrying asylum seekers should be turned back", the website states that Labor "somewhat agrees" with this position, whereas the Coalition "strongly agrees" with it.

While Labor MPs and candidates have flagged their opposition to boat turn-backs, Labor formally adopted this policy position at its 2015 conference and Mr Shorten has clearly said the party's position is to support turn-backs if elected.

The ALP's objections to the Vote Compass decisions underscores the party's sensitivity over penalty rates and asylum seekers.


On same-sex marriage, Vote Compass has backed down and changed its position.

The website originally stated Labor "somewhat disagrees" with the proposition that "Marriage should only be between a man and a woman".

But, like the Greens, it now states that Labor "strongly disagrees" with this proposition.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/election-2016-labor...


Labor trying to walk on both sides of issues ... and now they complain.