Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the case of Emily Connor. Is the Prime Minister aware that until March this year Emily had been employed for five years as a child-care worker at the Blinky Bill child care centre in Canberra? Is the Prime Minister also aware that, two days after the government’s industrial relations legislation came into effect, Emily was called to her boss’s office, told her services were no longer required and given no reason for her dismissal? Isn’t it the case that Emily asked to say goodbye to the children in her care? She was told that if she did not leave in 10 minutes the police would be contacted to escort her from the premises. Prime Minister, what do you say to Emily, who now has no protection against such unfair and unconscionable treatment in the workplace?

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