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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I ask it of the minister through you, Mr President. How does the government justify letting thousands of working Australians go without wages and conditions to which they are entitled while they wait for the Workplace Authority to get its act together? How does the government’s claim that these working families will be entitled to back pay in several months time help them struggle with today’s huge mortgages and rents, and spiralling childcare, petrol and grocery costs? Don’t these embarrassing statistics simply confirm that the fairness test was just an extravagant excuse for a $37 million advertising campaign?