Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that there has been an increased global trend for companies to relocate various parts of their operations to locations outside of the country where the service is being delivered—a practice often referred to as off-shoring;

(2)

notes that the practice of off-shoring has seen jobs and skills lost from the IT and finance sectors in Australia and that Deloitte Research predicts that 15% of all financial sector jobs will be moved off-shore by 2008;

(3)

recognises that participating in the global economy may deliver lower costs for local consumers and companies, however it must be done in a transparent and equitable manner; and

(4)

calls on the Government to act now, before the flood of jobs offshore sees Australia losing out, by:

(a)

ensuring privacy protection for consumers;

(b)

providing consumers with a ‘right to know’ so that service providers disclose the country of origin which provides their services, equivalent to country of origin product labelling;

(c)

developing a national skills base that is suited to the changing needs of the economy;

(d)

providing assistance in reskilling displaced workers; and

(e)

ensuring employees of the country where the jobs are relocated are also protected by ILO Labour Standards. (Notice given 8 February 2006.)

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