Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The government supports the wording and the sentiment of this motion but would not be supporting some of the presumptive arrogance in the member's speech. We would not be supporting the use, I think, of particular situations as a stalking horse to get rid of minimum engagements for casuals. I have some experience in this area: I was an official in the shop assistant's union for about 11 years or so. We had these provisions—

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