Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement on 4 May, in which he said in relation to his changes to Work Choices:

The economic circumstances of the firm can be taken into account, the employment opportunities and experience of the individual employee can be taken into account ...

Prime Minister, were the changes to Work Choices as explained with those words intended to go into operation on 7 May? Was a different policy announced this morning in media reports on this matter which referred to the fact that in the government’s legislation only companies facing a short-term crisis that might send them broke would get a limited exemption? What are the specific circumstances that relate to your exemption under changes to Work Choices? Has the legal definition of those circumstances changed in the last three weeks?

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