Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I said:

They have gone to their employees—

that is, Toyota—

and said, 'We need to have this deal go through to help to manage—just to manage—the cost of employment in Australia so that we can go back to Tokyo and say to them in good faith that the workers of Australia really do want a manufacturing business.' So the best thing the Labor Party can do is put aside the politics and ring up its mates at the AMWU and tell them to accept the deal being offered by Toyota, which will give them job security.

So yes, on 10 December in this place I raised industrial relations, which followed that meeting with Max Yasuda on 3 December.

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