Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Lundy for the question and her longstanding interest in protecting jobs and employment conditions. We have seen over the last couple of months the work that is going on between the government and employers to protect workers in the workforce. The move to part-time labour is made possible by a workplace relations system that the government has introduced, striking the right balance between fairness and flexibility. But over the weekend the veil has slipped from the Liberal Party and at last their true intentions have once again emerged. Mr Turnbull told the Australian people that Work Choices was dead. On Insiders on 22 March he said:

Work Choices is dead. It died at 2.30am on Friday morning. There’s no question about that. It is dead.

He said again on 25 November 2008:

The Coalition accepts Work Choices is dead. The Australian people have spoken.

Have they spoken? Over the weekend Mr Turnbull has returned and has opened the door—