Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

It's not a made up issue for the miner who is being paid less than the person they are working beside. It's not a made up issue for the person delivering food to the homes of people in this room and being paid less than the minimum wage. It's not a made up issue for the person working in what might be called some sort of posh professional job who works in the industry their entire lifetime and never has a permanent contract and never has job security. We want people to have the confidence to go to the bank and get finance, we want people to have the confidence to go to their local shops and spend money. We want people to have the confidence to spend again, with consumer consumption getting the economy moving again. That doesn't happen if you are in fear every day as to whether your shift will be here next week. It's not only that they don't have a plan to fix the problem of secure jobs; it's not only that they deny it. They want insecurity.

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