Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is also to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I refer the minister to his answer yesterday about the government’s decision to remove unfair dismissal protection from nearly four million Australian workers. Can the minister confirm that under the government’s new system employers will be able to sack their workers today but offer them the same job back tomorrow on a lower wage? Can the minister explain why the government thinks that employers should be able to take advantage of the new system simply to cut costs?