Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I would note that the rate of industrial action has consistently declined since the Keating Labor government decentralised workplace relations in the mid 1990s. I have already outlined in my answer to the primary question the government’s election commitment, which we will implement through the legislation that will come to this chamber subsequently. We have been very clear that we will ensure that there are clear and tough rules about industrial action, because we do understand very clearly the impact that industrial action can have on working families, on businesses, on communities and, more broadly, on the Australian economy.