Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, what I can guarantee is that this government will proceed with its election commitments to abolish Australian workplace agreements and it will be a question for the opposition in this chamber when those issues are debated—I understand it will be next week—as to what they do. Are they going to hold fast to Work Choices or are they going to sell out because they actually believe the Australian people have rejected it?

It is instructive, given that the senator has talked about workers being worse off, to consider just what the impact of the Australian workplace agreements was on Australian workers and their families.