Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

So Mike Murphy goes to the office of the member for Lilley and asks:

... the impression being given that employers are subject to fines if they send employees to union-run safety training courses is misleading?

And Victoria White comes back and says, ‘Yes, that is correct: completely misleading.’ From the member for Lilley’s own staff:

Employees attending union-run training cannot be included in an agreement as a condition of employment but an employer can send employees to union training.

So there you have it: you have it from the legislation that the state legislation stands, and you have it from none other than the member for Lilley’s staff that they can go off to the courses—and to suggest to the contrary is completely misleading and completely false.

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