Labor\u2019s plan to ram through the Parliament its draconian changes to Australia\u2019s industrial relations system should alarm every Australian, Manager of Opposition Business in the House Paul Fletcher said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Labor\u2019s legislative program, released on Thursday, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke is intending to introduce his Bill on Monday afternoon and then have debate on the Bill commence the very next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scandalously, the full text of the Bill has still not been released. Instead, Labor has secretly shared it with a small group of selected recipients who have been forced to sign legally binding non-disclosure agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Parliament will have less than twenty-four hours to consider this detailed Bill before the debate commences \u2013 a Bill which is making fundamental changes to the rules governing Australian workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Fletcher said Labor is trying to implement the agenda of their union bosses, even though only about eight per cent of private sector workers are members of a union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLabor wants to avoid proper parliamentary consideration of this Bill because they would prefer to put their political interests ahead of the national interest,\u201d Mr Fletcher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis Bill imposes new barriers to casual employment \u2013 even though many Australians prefer this mode of work \u2013 and aims to force all workers in a given role at a given workplace to be paid exactly the same, regardless of experience or performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Bill also amounts to a direct attack on the efficiency and flexibility of the digital economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMillions of Australians have enthusiastically embraced digital platforms due their convenience and innovative offerings. Labor wants to return to a rigid 1950s style economy because that is what union bosses want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr Burke has called the gig economy a cancer and wants to impose new laws that he acknowledges will drive up consumer prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Fletcher said forcing through these radical industrial relations changes is Mr Burke\u2019s calling card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen Mr Burke introduced his Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill last year, he similarly tried to condense debate and even threatened to have Parliament sit on a Saturday, at great expense to taxpayers,\u201d Mr Fletcher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBefore the election, Mr Burke made many grand statements about upholding parliamentary accountability, but the reality is that the Albanese Labor Government has consistently used tricky tactics to quash debate and block questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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