Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Allen has worked at the BHP mine in Blackwater for seven whole years. That whole time he was employed as a labour hire employee, which meant he was paid $40,000 less each year.

Senator O'Sullivan, up the back, is groaning about the fact someone has been paid $40,000 less per year compared to their colleagues. That means, over seven years, Brodie is $280,000 worse off than his colleagues doing exactly the same work as him. Today, I say to Brodie that, as a result of the parliament passing our 'closing loopholes' laws, relief is in sight for Brodie and many others like him.

As a result of the laws the parliament passed today, labour hire workers will no longer be underpaid. But the record will always show that the Liberals, the Nationals and One Nation today voted for workers like Brodie to continue being underpaid—and they will never forget it. Shame on you!