Michael Forshaw (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Can the minister confirm that under the government’s new workplace laws employers can legally sack people simply because they do not like them? Can the minister further confirm that other lawful reasons for being sacked under the government’s new system—which workers now cannot do anything about—include chewing gum, the need to cut wages or simply no reason at all? Can the minister now explain exactly why the government thinks that it is okay to sack workers for any of these reasons?