David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak to the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022. I want to start by commending the work of Adam Bandt in the other place and my Senate colleague Barbara Pocock in securing important improvements and amendments to this legislation. The Greens are committed to getting workers a fair deal at a time when wages are flatlining and the cost of living is spinning out of control. Poverty, ultimately, is a political choice. Whether we are talking about the industrial relations setting in this country that privileges profits over wages or the welfare payments that keep millions below the poverty line, we received a clear mandate for action on this and other measures in the election, and this bill, well, it is a start.

The abolition of the ABCC is absolutely critical and it's an important feature of this bill.