Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I again refer the minister to his speech in which he indicated the need for another wave of industrial relations reform. Can the minister indicate which of the few remaining rights of Australian employees not removed by the government’s current extreme industrial relations laws he proposes to target in the future? Will it be sick leave, minimum wage, annual leave, hours of work or parental leave? How many more Australian workers, in addition to the four million who have lost their unfair dismissal rights today, will have their right to challenge an unfair dismissal removed in the future? Minister, are there any rights for Australian workers that the Howard government is not prepared to destroy?