Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises the enormous hurt to Australian working men and women owing to the enactment of the WorkChoices legislation;

(2)

recognises the extraordinary contribution of Australian rural and regional workers to their communities and the national economy;

(3)

recognises the particular damage to employment conditions and employment prospects in rural and regional Australia;

(4)

takes immediate action to restore protection for employment conditions and employment prospects in rural and regional Australia; and

(5)

takes note of the Howard Government’s agenda to remove employment conditions and employment security, particularly in regional and rural Australia. (Notice given 16 October 2006.)

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