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

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the case of Tisha Vimpani, sacked and escorted from her job at a Sydney RSL club for chewing the Nicorette gum that helps her quit smoking. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, given Ms Vimpani’s workplace had fewer than 100 workers, her sacking was completely within the letter of his new laws? Is the Prime Minister aware of Ms Vimpani’s comments: ‘I need the money and now I haven’t got any. I care for my elderly mother and being at the club was really good because she could call in. They knew that I care for mum and mum was my biggest concern. What do I do now?’ Prime Minister, what does she do now that you have taken away her unfair dismissal protection?

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