Julian Hill (Bruce, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'll close with quotes from the minister, because this implements our election commitments:

The businesses which use these loopholes are able to undercut Australia's best employers in a race to the bottom.

If we want workers to be paid properly we need to close the loopholes.

If we want casuals to have a pathway to secure work we need to close the loopholes.

If we want enterprise agreements to determine minimum rates of pay at a workplace, we need to close the loopholes.

If we want gig workers and those in road transport to have minimum standards, we need to close the loopholes.

The delaying tactics are obvious—the silly little quorum counts, the pathetic tantrums, the fake points of order. Those workers have waited long enough. So today the parliament should pass this bill.

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