Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I will come to that. There were also some questions about trade union training, which I have spoken about. There were questions about termination of employment and the data. I am not aware of what data might have been collected since 27 March. I know the AIRC does collect data and collate it—and I presume it would collect data about unlawful termination applications.

There were also questions about temporary training visas, from the member for Werriwa, and the position of people in rural areas. Can I remind the honourable member that the latest employment statistics for May showed an increase of 55,000 in employment in Australia. This is a month after Work Choices came into effect.

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