John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We make no apology for having done that because we believe, as indeed many people around the country have believed for a long time, that the old unfair dismissal laws, introduced by the Labor Party under a secret deal with the ACTU during the 1993 election campaign, have in fact destroyed jobs. What you must do in relation to something such as this is assess the overall impact on the total workforce, and there is no doubt at all that there will be employment gains, especially in small business, as a result of the changes that have been made.

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