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

What, in fact, this shows is that you can have fairness and prosperity. I know those sitting opposite do not believe in that, because they never believed in fairness for Australian working people and they never will. If they ever return to this side of the House then Work Choices will be back five minutes later. We all know that. We know that they do not believe in fairness for Australian workers.

On the question of union representation arrangements under the Fair Work Act, as the shadow minister should know, if he had read the Fair Work Act, it is of course possible to get representation orders. That is a facility available under the act, should any employer in the country feel that they need a representation order in order to deal with union demarcation issues. That is available to employers right around the country.

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