Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

No, of course they do not. And anybody who had any familiarity with the OECD would know that since 1994, when it introduced its job strategy, one of the things that it has been consistently advising developed economies to do is to remove barriers in their labour markets. One of the things that it has been consistently advising the Europeans in particular to do is to get rid of strong employment protection legislation—what we call ‘unfair dismissal’ laws—because unfair dismissal laws are a hamper on job creation. In fact, if the honourable member had listened to my answer yesterday, I actually read out—

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