Chris Hayes (Werriwa, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister, and it refers to a matter before the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission today about the Tooheys brewery at Lidcombe in New South Wales. Is the Prime Minister aware of comments by Shane Simpson, a driver for Tooheys, who said:

As of 31 July we are no longer employed ... We are out of pocket for all the good will. We leave here with no job and no form of good will.

Will the Prime Minister guarantee that the proposed independent contractors legislation protects the goodwill of a small business owner or will this just be another attack on living standards? Is this life under John Howard for truckies at Tooheys?

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