Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

My question is again to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall the Cowra Abattoir case which occurred during the first week of operation of the government’s industrial relations legislation? Is the Prime Minister aware of a May 2006 Office of Workplace Services report entitled ‘Cowra abattoirs: report of an investigation into alleged breaches of the Workplace Relations Act 1996’? Prime Minister, doesn’t that report recommend that no further action be taken and conclude that the employer had operational reasons for terminating employees and their conduct did not constitute a breach of the government’s legislation? When will the Prime Minister and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations finally admit this?

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