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

Let's compare the pair, shall we? Labor's laws have got wages moving again. They've increased bargaining. They've introduced the right to disconnect, rights for gig workers and new rights for casual workers. We're standing alongside Australians to deliver the better pay, more secure work and safe workplaces they deserve. Meanwhile, we've seen Mr Dutton, Mr Taylor, Senator Cash—sometimes Senator Birmingham, when he bothers—and other members of the coalition say that if they're elected to office they will scrap a whole range of these rights and more. They are on the record saying they will scrap the right to disconnect, they will scrap the rights for casuals and they will make more targeted repeals.

If you want to understand why, just look at some of the comments from Senator Hume while we've been away. On the day we introduced the right to disconnect, Senator Hume was in the media saying:

Adding more rights for workers for something that is just part of a normal working relationship is unreasonable.

Senator Hume and the coalition think that more rights for workers are unreasonable. Well, we don't. (Time expired)