Senate debates

Monday, 18 April 2016

Questions without Notice

Transport Industry

2:09 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Those on the other side want to put owner-drivers—small business people—out of business. They want to funnel them in so they become employee drivers and have to join the TWU. It is a fact that in 84 per cent of collisions involving a heavy vehicle the heavy vehicle driver is not at fault. And yet those on the other side would condemn owner-drivers as being unsafe. (Time expired)

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