Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The CPSU is giving one reason to the public for taking industrial action while telling DHS employees quite another. CPSU members have been instructed to read a text out to the public, saying that they are taking action because: 'Government has cut many thousands of Public Service jobs over the last 10 years while nobly claiming that they are fighting for safer workloads and better services for you.' However, in internal DHS emails to other staff, CPSU members have been instructed to claim that they, 'reject the government's pay offer and are taking industrial action to support a fair and reasonable agreement for all DHS workers'—ending with a plea to join the CPSU. Both claims are false and show the CPSU is being two-faced; pretending to the public to be acting on the public's behalf, while pursuing an irresponsible wage claim. (Time expired)