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

It is great news for the workers themselves and for all Australians, because they bear these costs ultimately. So this industry is a clear example of where this government has been prepared to meet challenges and put in place major reforms and we see the economic dividends for all Australians occurring as a result of those changes.

What stands in the way of these changes? Mr Beazley, the Leader of the Opposition, and the Labor Party, who have promised to rip up these reforms and to turn back this sort of efficiency which ordinary Australians are benefiting from as a result of these changes. They would rip up these reforms. They would take us back to the past. This proves once again that the Australian Labor Party under Kim Beazley, the Leader of the Opposition, is not interested in Australia’s prosperity. The only parties in this place that are interested in continuing to grow the prosperity of this country are the Liberal and National parties.

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