Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Briefly, the Australian Greens will be opposing these amendments. I just want to put it on the record how appalled I am to see One Nation kicking some of the lowest paid workers and professionals in this country. The fact is we need people working in our aged-care system. Where on earth are we going to get those trained people to work in our aged-care system if we do not give them the opportunity to get the qualifications? Some of our lowest paid workers are working in our child-care and early education system. If this amendment were to pass, these are the people who will get slugged. One Nation say one thing in Queensland about standing up for the lowest paid workers and the most vulnerable. When they get to Canberra, they side with the elites and they stick it to some of the lowest paid workers in this country. It is time that the Australian people woke up to the sham and the fraud that is One Nation.