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

The member for Higgins in late 2005 outlined his views on unfair dismissals where in respect of the exemption under Work Choices, the 100 limit, he said:

I can’t tell you there is any magic in the number 100.

He went on—‘If this were to work well and people were to say:

... in the years to come it should be extended to all companies … I would be very open to the idea.

There we have it. The real political position of the Liberal Party, which will ultimately be imposed on the Leader of the Opposition on the question of unfair dismissals, is very clear. In the middle of a global recession, the Liberal Party’s answer to that global recession is to make Australian workers easier to sack.

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