Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

The people who use the platforms want the flexibility of the platform—customers want the flexibility of the platform. So, in accepting that, we have to have a system which allows there to be some minimum standards. And those opposite, who have already decided to say no to minimum standards for the people who bring the food all the way to the front door—that they should somehow have no minimum standard—should listen to what Utsav Bhatarrai said when he addressed the Senate inquiry last week:

… it's paying me $20 an hour, and even less than that, without super, without any personal leave, without any sick leave—nothing.

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… I want you all, please, to look into this very deeply, look at our problems, and pass this legislation, which will help protect our basic standard payments. … We just want our basic minimum wage …

Faced with that, the Leader of the Opposition and the team opposite say, no.

Honourable members interjecting—

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