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

I ask a question of the Prime Minister on this subject. I refer the Prime Minister to the concerns of George Liarakos, a small business owner and pharmacist from Melbourne, who is in the gallery today and who told Labor’s industrial relations task force that the government’s industrial relations laws are unfairly skewed against the interests of employees, prevent genuine bargaining and allow competitors to undercut the conditions of employment Mr Liarakos offers his employees, which will place him under considerable pressure to do the same. Will the Prime Minister guarantee that his legislation will not force Mr Liarakos, who wants to provide decent jobs with decent conditions, to join a wages race to the bottom just to stay competitive?

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