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The Advertiser
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Scott ran from Newcastle to Singleton and back, raising $25k. Now he has an even bigger goal
Inspired by the likes of Nedd Brockmann, Novocastrian Scott Hingston will run from Melbourne to Newcastle next month, raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. The Merewether-based personal trainer is poised to depart Melbourne Storm's home ground on June 15, and venture through regional Victoria and NSW, before arriving at McDonald Jones Stadium ahead of the Knights' home game against the Raiders on June 27. For the 42-year-old, of Adamstown, the 1100-kilometre run is about raising money and awareness for brain cancer, but also inspiring the next generation. Two years ago, Hingston ran from Merewether to Singleton and back to raise money for the Hunter Valley bus crash appeal. That 24-hour journey raised $25,000, but it also left Hingston with a desire to do more. "When I got back from Singo, I felt like I could still do more," Hingston said. "I've done heaps of half-marathons and marathons, but I'm just more motivated to do this sort of stuff. "Especially working as a coach and a PT, I invest so much time into other people, where I find this is a challenge for myself. "It also encourages - I've got a lot of young kids I coach, who have probably got potential to go and represent their country at their chosen sport, and I think it's good for them to watch us go and do things like this. "What they thought was probably not possible, they can actually do as well." Hingston's 12-day run, which concludes in the NRL's Beanies for Brain Cancer Round, will traverse country towns like Albury, Wagga, Young, Cowra and Lithgow. He will pass through the Blue Mountains into Sydney and up the coast via the Northern Beaches and Central Coast. He will have a support crew following him in a motorhome, and other runners will join him for short sections along the way. Some former NRL players are expected to be among the participants. "I'll be doing an average of about 86km a day, for 12 days," Hingston said. "Every town we're going to is probably about 22km away from each other. So I'll have about a 20 or 30-minute break at each town, and we're hoping to get the community involved at each town. Some more so than others. We're looking to get some accommodation in the towns as well, but we'll be trying to get the local communities involved as much as possible." All going well, the last day of the journey will be about 30km from Swansea to the stadium, when it's expected a larger contingent or runners would join in. "No planned rest day, it's straight through," Hingston said. "Ideally I'd like to start at 5.15 [am] each morning and finish about 4 [pm], give or take. I think the longest day we have is about 98kms." Hingston, whose training business is based out of the Merewether Greens' gym at Townson Oval, hopes to raise $100,000 for the Mark Hughes Foundation. "Mark has done a lot up here in Newcastle," Hingston said. "At the Greens, we have a girl at our club who got diagnosed with brain cancer about two years ago. But it just seemed to have impacted a lot of people. "It's been amazing how many people, since I started this, who have reached out and said my brother has brain cancer, my mum or someone close they know. "If we can create some more funds and awareness of people who are going through it, it can only be a good thing. I lost my cousin to cancer when she was 35. It wasn't brain cancer, but she literally had it for 12 months and then we lost her after that." Hingston has been training for months, mostly around Newcastle Harbour. But he reckons the hardest part of the campaign - to date - was actually committing to it. "I just needed something to work towards. It gets you off the drink, you eat better, you sleep better. I'm probably the fittest in my life right now," he said. "I remember writing a text message to 'Hughesy' with the initial idea. I deleted it a few times and wrote it again, and then finally bit the bullet and thought, 'Bugger it, I'm going to do this'. "Once I had that set in stone, my training just took off from there. "I've been trying to average around 150km a week for the last 10 months. "It's gotten bigger the last six months, but ... it's been very repetitive." Long-distance running is growing in popularity, especially in the social-media age. Aussie Nedd Brockmann has become a well-known identity after running from Perth to Sydney, a route Englishman William Goodge also completed in a reported record time last week. "Ten, fifteen years ago, running a marathon was a massive deal. Now it's just another race," Hingston said. "There's no fear factor of actually finishing the run. If I run a marathon, I wouldn't be worried about trying to finish the 42km, it's more about what time am I going to run. It's not so much a bucket-list anymore. "Look at guys like Cliff Young, who was 61 when he ran that ultra [marathon] from Sydney to Melbourne. It makes people realise they can do a lot more than what they're capable of. "What Will did was amazing, but Will has got years and years of experience on Nedd. "Nedd just put his shoes on and started running, and I think Nedd has really encouraged and motivated a lot of people to do it, because he titled himself as a non-runner. He has become a runner because he started with that. "I've done 23 half-marathons, six marathons, I've done the City to Surf 10 times. I loved running the events, and just getting quicker times ... that was my motivation. "But my role as a coach, you often sit down and ask yourself, 'What am I doing to motivate and inspire everyone else?'." Donation toward's Hingston's appeal can be made via the Mark Hughes Foundation's website. Inspired by the likes of Nedd Brockmann, Novocastrian Scott Hingston will run from Melbourne to Newcastle next month, raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. The Merewether-based personal trainer is poised to depart Melbourne Storm's home ground on June 15, and venture through regional Victoria and NSW, before arriving at McDonald Jones Stadium ahead of the Knights' home game against the Raiders on June 27. For the 42-year-old, of Adamstown, the 1100-kilometre run is about raising money and awareness for brain cancer, but also inspiring the next generation. Two years ago, Hingston ran from Merewether to Singleton and back to raise money for the Hunter Valley bus crash appeal. That 24-hour journey raised $25,000, but it also left Hingston with a desire to do more. "When I got back from Singo, I felt like I could still do more," Hingston said. "I've done heaps of half-marathons and marathons, but I'm just more motivated to do this sort of stuff. "Especially working as a coach and a PT, I invest so much time into other people, where I find this is a challenge for myself. "It also encourages - I've got a lot of young kids I coach, who have probably got potential to go and represent their country at their chosen sport, and I think it's good for them to watch us go and do things like this. "What they thought was probably not possible, they can actually do as well." Hingston's 12-day run, which concludes in the NRL's Beanies for Brain Cancer Round, will traverse country towns like Albury, Wagga, Young, Cowra and Lithgow. He will pass through the Blue Mountains into Sydney and up the coast via the Northern Beaches and Central Coast. He will have a support crew following him in a motorhome, and other runners will join him for short sections along the way. Some former NRL players are expected to be among the participants. "I'll be doing an average of about 86km a day, for 12 days," Hingston said. "Every town we're going to is probably about 22km away from each other. So I'll have about a 20 or 30-minute break at each town, and we're hoping to get the community involved at each town. Some more so than others. We're looking to get some accommodation in the towns as well, but we'll be trying to get the local communities involved as much as possible." All going well, the last day of the journey will be about 30km from Swansea to the stadium, when it's expected a larger contingent or runners would join in. "No planned rest day, it's straight through," Hingston said. "Ideally I'd like to start at 5.15 [am] each morning and finish about 4 [pm], give or take. I think the longest day we have is about 98kms." Hingston, whose training business is based out of the Merewether Greens' gym at Townson Oval, hopes to raise $100,000 for the Mark Hughes Foundation. "Mark has done a lot up here in Newcastle," Hingston said. "At the Greens, we have a girl at our club who got diagnosed with brain cancer about two years ago. But it just seemed to have impacted a lot of people. "It's been amazing how many people, since I started this, who have reached out and said my brother has brain cancer, my mum or someone close they know. "If we can create some more funds and awareness of people who are going through it, it can only be a good thing. I lost my cousin to cancer when she was 35. It wasn't brain cancer, but she literally had it for 12 months and then we lost her after that." Hingston has been training for months, mostly around Newcastle Harbour. But he reckons the hardest part of the campaign - to date - was actually committing to it. "I just needed something to work towards. It gets you off the drink, you eat better, you sleep better. I'm probably the fittest in my life right now," he said. "I remember writing a text message to 'Hughesy' with the initial idea. I deleted it a few times and wrote it again, and then finally bit the bullet and thought, 'Bugger it, I'm going to do this'. "Once I had that set in stone, my training just took off from there. "I've been trying to average around 150km a week for the last 10 months. "It's gotten bigger the last six months, but ... it's been very repetitive." Long-distance running is growing in popularity, especially in the social-media age. Aussie Nedd Brockmann has become a well-known identity after running from Perth to Sydney, a route Englishman William Goodge also completed in a reported record time last week. "Ten, fifteen years ago, running a marathon was a massive deal. Now it's just another race," Hingston said. "There's no fear factor of actually finishing the run. If I run a marathon, I wouldn't be worried about trying to finish the 42km, it's more about what time am I going to run. It's not so much a bucket-list anymore. "Look at guys like Cliff Young, who was 61 when he ran that ultra [marathon] from Sydney to Melbourne. It makes people realise they can do a lot more than what they're capable of. "What Will did was amazing, but Will has got years and years of experience on Nedd. "Nedd just put his shoes on and started running, and I think Nedd has really encouraged and motivated a lot of people to do it, because he titled himself as a non-runner. He has become a runner because he started with that. "I've done 23 half-marathons, six marathons, I've done the City to Surf 10 times. I loved running the events, and just getting quicker times ... that was my motivation. "But my role as a coach, you often sit down and ask yourself, 'What am I doing to motivate and inspire everyone else?'." Donation toward's Hingston's appeal can be made via the Mark Hughes Foundation's website. Inspired by the likes of Nedd Brockmann, Novocastrian Scott Hingston will run from Melbourne to Newcastle next month, raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. The Merewether-based personal trainer is poised to depart Melbourne Storm's home ground on June 15, and venture through regional Victoria and NSW, before arriving at McDonald Jones Stadium ahead of the Knights' home game against the Raiders on June 27. For the 42-year-old, of Adamstown, the 1100-kilometre run is about raising money and awareness for brain cancer, but also inspiring the next generation. Two years ago, Hingston ran from Merewether to Singleton and back to raise money for the Hunter Valley bus crash appeal. That 24-hour journey raised $25,000, but it also left Hingston with a desire to do more. "When I got back from Singo, I felt like I could still do more," Hingston said. "I've done heaps of half-marathons and marathons, but I'm just more motivated to do this sort of stuff. "Especially working as a coach and a PT, I invest so much time into other people, where I find this is a challenge for myself. "It also encourages - I've got a lot of young kids I coach, who have probably got potential to go and represent their country at their chosen sport, and I think it's good for them to watch us go and do things like this. "What they thought was probably not possible, they can actually do as well." Hingston's 12-day run, which concludes in the NRL's Beanies for Brain Cancer Round, will traverse country towns like Albury, Wagga, Young, Cowra and Lithgow. He will pass through the Blue Mountains into Sydney and up the coast via the Northern Beaches and Central Coast. He will have a support crew following him in a motorhome, and other runners will join him for short sections along the way. Some former NRL players are expected to be among the participants. "I'll be doing an average of about 86km a day, for 12 days," Hingston said. "Every town we're going to is probably about 22km away from each other. So I'll have about a 20 or 30-minute break at each town, and we're hoping to get the community involved at each town. Some more so than others. We're looking to get some accommodation in the towns as well, but we'll be trying to get the local communities involved as much as possible." All going well, the last day of the journey will be about 30km from Swansea to the stadium, when it's expected a larger contingent or runners would join in. "No planned rest day, it's straight through," Hingston said. "Ideally I'd like to start at 5.15 [am] each morning and finish about 4 [pm], give or take. I think the longest day we have is about 98kms." Hingston, whose training business is based out of the Merewether Greens' gym at Townson Oval, hopes to raise $100,000 for the Mark Hughes Foundation. "Mark has done a lot up here in Newcastle," Hingston said. "At the Greens, we have a girl at our club who got diagnosed with brain cancer about two years ago. But it just seemed to have impacted a lot of people. "It's been amazing how many people, since I started this, who have reached out and said my brother has brain cancer, my mum or someone close they know. "If we can create some more funds and awareness of people who are going through it, it can only be a good thing. I lost my cousin to cancer when she was 35. It wasn't brain cancer, but she literally had it for 12 months and then we lost her after that." Hingston has been training for months, mostly around Newcastle Harbour. But he reckons the hardest part of the campaign - to date - was actually committing to it. "I just needed something to work towards. It gets you off the drink, you eat better, you sleep better. I'm probably the fittest in my life right now," he said. "I remember writing a text message to 'Hughesy' with the initial idea. I deleted it a few times and wrote it again, and then finally bit the bullet and thought, 'Bugger it, I'm going to do this'. "Once I had that set in stone, my training just took off from there. "I've been trying to average around 150km a week for the last 10 months. "It's gotten bigger the last six months, but ... it's been very repetitive." Long-distance running is growing in popularity, especially in the social-media age. Aussie Nedd Brockmann has become a well-known identity after running from Perth to Sydney, a route Englishman William Goodge also completed in a reported record time last week. "Ten, fifteen years ago, running a marathon was a massive deal. Now it's just another race," Hingston said. "There's no fear factor of actually finishing the run. If I run a marathon, I wouldn't be worried about trying to finish the 42km, it's more about what time am I going to run. It's not so much a bucket-list anymore. "Look at guys like Cliff Young, who was 61 when he ran that ultra [marathon] from Sydney to Melbourne. It makes people realise they can do a lot more than what they're capable of. "What Will did was amazing, but Will has got years and years of experience on Nedd. "Nedd just put his shoes on and started running, and I think Nedd has really encouraged and motivated a lot of people to do it, because he titled himself as a non-runner. He has become a runner because he started with that. "I've done 23 half-marathons, six marathons, I've done the City to Surf 10 times. I loved running the events, and just getting quicker times ... that was my motivation. "But my role as a coach, you often sit down and ask yourself, 'What am I doing to motivate and inspire everyone else?'." Donation toward's Hingston's appeal can be made via the Mark Hughes Foundation's website. Inspired by the likes of Nedd Brockmann, Novocastrian Scott Hingston will run from Melbourne to Newcastle next month, raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. The Merewether-based personal trainer is poised to depart Melbourne Storm's home ground on June 15, and venture through regional Victoria and NSW, before arriving at McDonald Jones Stadium ahead of the Knights' home game against the Raiders on June 27. For the 42-year-old, of Adamstown, the 1100-kilometre run is about raising money and awareness for brain cancer, but also inspiring the next generation. Two years ago, Hingston ran from Merewether to Singleton and back to raise money for the Hunter Valley bus crash appeal. That 24-hour journey raised $25,000, but it also left Hingston with a desire to do more. "When I got back from Singo, I felt like I could still do more," Hingston said. "I've done heaps of half-marathons and marathons, but I'm just more motivated to do this sort of stuff. "Especially working as a coach and a PT, I invest so much time into other people, where I find this is a challenge for myself. "It also encourages - I've got a lot of young kids I coach, who have probably got potential to go and represent their country at their chosen sport, and I think it's good for them to watch us go and do things like this. "What they thought was probably not possible, they can actually do as well." Hingston's 12-day run, which concludes in the NRL's Beanies for Brain Cancer Round, will traverse country towns like Albury, Wagga, Young, Cowra and Lithgow. He will pass through the Blue Mountains into Sydney and up the coast via the Northern Beaches and Central Coast. He will have a support crew following him in a motorhome, and other runners will join him for short sections along the way. Some former NRL players are expected to be among the participants. "I'll be doing an average of about 86km a day, for 12 days," Hingston said. "Every town we're going to is probably about 22km away from each other. So I'll have about a 20 or 30-minute break at each town, and we're hoping to get the community involved at each town. Some more so than others. We're looking to get some accommodation in the towns as well, but we'll be trying to get the local communities involved as much as possible." All going well, the last day of the journey will be about 30km from Swansea to the stadium, when it's expected a larger contingent or runners would join in. "No planned rest day, it's straight through," Hingston said. "Ideally I'd like to start at 5.15 [am] each morning and finish about 4 [pm], give or take. I think the longest day we have is about 98kms." Hingston, whose training business is based out of the Merewether Greens' gym at Townson Oval, hopes to raise $100,000 for the Mark Hughes Foundation. "Mark has done a lot up here in Newcastle," Hingston said. "At the Greens, we have a girl at our club who got diagnosed with brain cancer about two years ago. But it just seemed to have impacted a lot of people. "It's been amazing how many people, since I started this, who have reached out and said my brother has brain cancer, my mum or someone close they know. "If we can create some more funds and awareness of people who are going through it, it can only be a good thing. I lost my cousin to cancer when she was 35. It wasn't brain cancer, but she literally had it for 12 months and then we lost her after that." Hingston has been training for months, mostly around Newcastle Harbour. But he reckons the hardest part of the campaign - to date - was actually committing to it. "I just needed something to work towards. It gets you off the drink, you eat better, you sleep better. I'm probably the fittest in my life right now," he said. "I remember writing a text message to 'Hughesy' with the initial idea. I deleted it a few times and wrote it again, and then finally bit the bullet and thought, 'Bugger it, I'm going to do this'. "Once I had that set in stone, my training just took off from there. "I've been trying to average around 150km a week for the last 10 months. "It's gotten bigger the last six months, but ... it's been very repetitive." Long-distance running is growing in popularity, especially in the social-media age. Aussie Nedd Brockmann has become a well-known identity after running from Perth to Sydney, a route Englishman William Goodge also completed in a reported record time last week. "Ten, fifteen years ago, running a marathon was a massive deal. Now it's just another race," Hingston said. "There's no fear factor of actually finishing the run. If I run a marathon, I wouldn't be worried about trying to finish the 42km, it's more about what time am I going to run. It's not so much a bucket-list anymore. "Look at guys like Cliff Young, who was 61 when he ran that ultra [marathon] from Sydney to Melbourne. It makes people realise they can do a lot more than what they're capable of. "What Will did was amazing, but Will has got years and years of experience on Nedd. "Nedd just put his shoes on and started running, and I think Nedd has really encouraged and motivated a lot of people to do it, because he titled himself as a non-runner. He has become a runner because he started with that. "I've done 23 half-marathons, six marathons, I've done the City to Surf 10 times. I loved running the events, and just getting quicker times ... that was my motivation. "But my role as a coach, you often sit down and ask yourself, 'What am I doing to motivate and inspire everyone else?'." Donation toward's Hingston's appeal can be made via the Mark Hughes Foundation's website.
Otago Daily Times
05-05-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Transport solutions wanted in reserve plans
Submitters have urged the Queenstown Lakes District Council to think about the future of two Queenstown reserves, and factor in potential transport solutions to its reserve management plans. The draft plans for Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill have been in development since August 2021, but did not go out for public consultation until last December. Ben Lomond, home to commercial attractions including Skyline Enterprises Ltd's gondola, luge and restaurant attraction and Ziptrek Ecotours, along with walking and mountain-biking trails, comprises 10 parcels of land totalling 419ha. The Queenstown Hill reserve, which borders Queenstown Hill Station, is known for its walking track, and totals 109ha over four parcels of land. In relation to the former, Bowen Peak Ltd director Guy Hingston asked the hearing panel, comprising Crs Craig Ferguson (chairman), Matt Wong and Lisa Guy, to consider reworking or editing 20 points to support his company's plans, focused on the west side of Ben Lomond, near Fernhill. Mr Hingston said the application, submitted through the Fast-track Approvals Act, had passed compliance — it was waiting to hear if the government would approve the stage 1 referral application. It included a funicular, or cable railway, rising from Fernhill's One Mile roundabout towards Fernhill, Ben Lomond and Bowen Peak, and a predator-free fence . Mr Hingston said the company wanted to enter a public-private partnership to establish a 200ha predator-free sanctuary around the remnant bush. It also wanted to spend about $300,000 to remove wilding pines from the 7ha "Powerhouse reserve", beneath the Fernhill walking track, down to Lake Wakatipu, where there were plans for an "international convention centre". Also proposed were about 250 chalet-style houses on a 56ha privately owned block west of the reserve, accessed via the funicular, and a new skifield, proposed on Bowen Peak. Bowen Peak Ltd accepted there was no funding from the council, Department of Conservation, or government to see the "bold plans" become a reality. "It's our view that we tap into the visitors through providing these additional activities and use that income to build this. "From our perspective the public side of this is allowing the reserve to be used for the commercial activities. "It's not appropriate, in our view, to ask council for funding — it's appropriate to ask council for planning permission and support, but in terms of dollars, our business model is around taking funds from international visitors to construct this on reserve land." At Queenstown Hill, Town Planning Group director Daniel Thorne, on behalf of Southern Infrastructure Ltd, sought for the panel to ensure a gondola system through the reserve was recognised and provided for by the draft plan. Southern Infrastructure is leading the development of a gondola, proposed to link the Queenstown CBD with Frankton and Queenstown Airport. It is being presented as an anchor project for a regional deal the QLDC is hoping to strike with the government. Mr Thorne said there was "a degree of catch-up" in the draft plans, to reflect what existed on the reserves at present. However, there was an opportunity to identify future-focused elements and transport corridors, too. The panel will advise of a date for deliberations following site visits tomorrow.
News.com.au
28-04-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Mal Hingston: Liberal candidate says older Australians ‘happy' to work for $10 an hour
A Liberal candidate has come under fire after making comments about piece rates for fruit pickers and hinting at the Coalition's stance on minimum wage cuts during a local forum. Mal Hingston, candidate for the seat of Braddon, spoke to Tasmanians at a breakfast networking session hosted by Burnie's peak business body on Wednesday last week. When asked about how to work around 'tight' employee rules and regulations, and its impact on small businesses, Mr Hingston said recent reforms had brought 'unintended consequences'. 'We inadvertently killed off the Grey Nomads … they used to come down here, they'd spend their winters up in Bowen picking mangoes and then they'd come down to Tassie and just plod along,' he said. 'They were happy with ten bucks an hour or whatever it was. '(It) was a social outing for them and they'd pick some fruit and veggies. They're getting their pensions and they didn't care about the low hourly rate. 'And now they don't want to go fruit picking anymore or they don't want to get employed for fruit picking because they don't want to work that hard to justify minimum wage.' The current national minimum wage sits at $24.10 per hour, regardless of job or industry. It was introduced by the Albanese Government on July 1, 2024, which saw a 3.75 per cent hike on minimum and award wages, boosting the pay of almost a quarter of Australians in the workforce. 'We're going to rewind some of the stuff that Albanese's done to a lot of the industrial relations changes and just put things back to the way they were,' Mr Hingston added. The Liberal candidate is understood to have a portfolio spanning eleven houses, an aircraft and a boat. The comments have been slammed by Australian Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sally McManus, who believes they reveal the Liberal Party's stance on workplace relations policy. 'The Liberals' Mal Hingston sees nothing wrong in expecting older workers to work for piece rates of $10 an hour. He'd like low wages to come back and confirmed that's what a Dutton Government would try to do if elected,' she said. 'What that would mean, is an expectation that older Australians should be prepared to work for as little as $10 an hour, and to be grateful for the social outing it gives them. 'It means a total lack of government support for minimum wage increases in the upcoming annual wage review, which sets the floor under the wages of all award-reliant workers.'
Perth Now
28-04-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Candidate under fire for wage comment
A Liberal candidate has come under fire after making comments about piece rates for fruit pickers and hinting at the Coalition's stance on minimum wage cuts during a local forum. Mal Hingston, candidate for the seat of Braddon, spoke to Tasmanians at a breakfast networking session hosted by Burnie's peak business body on Wednesday last week. When asked about how to work around 'tight' employee rules and regulations, and its impact on small businesses, Mr Hingston said recent reforms had brought 'unintended consequences'. 'We inadvertently killed off the Grey Nomads … they used to come down here, they'd spend their winters up in Bowen picking mangoes and then they'd come down to Tassie and just plod along,' he said. 'They were happy with ten bucks an hour or whatever it was. Liberal Party candidate for Braddon Mal Hingston (middle) said older Australians were 'happy' to work for $10 an hour – more than half of the national minimum wage. Supplied Credit: Supplied '(It) was a social outing for them and they'd pick some fruit and veggies. They're getting their pensions and they didn't care about the low hourly rate. 'And now they don't want to go fruit picking anymore or they don't want to get employed for fruit picking because they don't want to work that hard to justify minimum wage.' The current national minimum wage sits at $24.10 per hour, regardless of job or industry. It was introduced by the Albanese Government on July 1, 2024, which saw a 3.75 per cent hike on minimum and award wages, boosting the pay of almost a quarter of Australians in the workforce. Addressing a breakfast networking session hosted by Burnie's peak business body, Mr Hingston responded to questions about the local economy and small businesses. Zoe Phillips Credit: News Corp Australia 'We're going to rewind some of the stuff that Albanese's done to a lot of the industrial relations changes and just put things back to the way they were,' Mr Hingston added. The Liberal candidate is understood to have a portfolio spanning eleven houses, an aircraft and a boat. The comments have been slammed by Australian Council of Trade Unions Secretary Sally McManus, who believes they reveal the Liberal Party's stance on workplace relations policy. 'The Liberals' Mal Hingston sees nothing wrong in expecting older workers to work for piece rates of $10 an hour. He'd like low wages to come back and confirmed that's what a Dutton Government would try to do if elected,' she said. 'What that would mean, is an expectation that older Australians should be prepared to work for as little as $10 an hour, and to be grateful for the social outing it gives them. 'It means a total lack of government support for minimum wage increases in the upcoming annual wage review, which sets the floor under the wages of all award-reliant workers.' The Coalition has been contacted for comment.
