Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The guarantee is that the Fair Work Bill is better for job security than Work Choices, which allowed people to be sacked for no reason. The other thing that I can absolutely guarantee to the member asking the question is that this is a government that is going to be honest with people about the economic circumstances confronting this nation. In terms of those economic circumstances, we have been clear with people that the global financial crisis and global recession are going to impact on employment in this country.

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