Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. This document is the draft regulation impact statement. It clearly says, in attachment A, that 'cleaning workers on certain government contracts are likely to experience a reduction in wages at the end of their current contracts'. I think this is clearly the position the government is trying to achieve; a reduction in the pay rates of some of the poorest workers in this country, the cleaners in this parliament.

There is also what is on the website. On the website it says, 'the revocation of the principles and guidelines is expected to reduce compliance costs for firms tendering and providing goods'; and 'the reduction in costs is estimated to be in the order of $5 million per year'. It goes on to say that workers may receive 'lower remuneration when their current employment agreements expire'. This is clearly cost cutting by the government at the expense of some of the poorest workers in the country, and it is reprehensible. (Time expired)