Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

The Liberal Party and the National Party show a loathing toward hardworking Australians. The Prime Minister said Labor's defence of workers is the politics of envy. This is not the politics of envy, this is the absence of empathy by the Prime Minister and the government. More workers, hairdressers and club employees will suffer the same way.

We know the Prime Minister likes to pretend he has struggled. He tells people he financially struggled. He has his own log cabin story. The problem is his log cabins were made of gold—his logs were made of bars of gold. That is why he has no understanding of the struggle people will have a result of these pay cuts. But Labor understands and we will defend these workers and ensure that they get their justice.

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