Annette Hurley (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Can the minister confirm that nearly four million Australian workers can now be sacked unfairly for any reason or for no reason at all and will not be able to do anything about it? Isn’t it also the case that all Australian workers—not just those in businesses with fewer than 100 employees—will lose their unfair dismissal protection if they are dismissed for so-called operational reasons? Can the minister confirm that if an employee loses their job for so-called operational reasons they may not be entitled to a redundancy payment? Doesn’t this show that the government has torn up the job security and protections of all Australian workers?