Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall telling this House, from behind that dispatch box, on 22 June this year:

... if there are adequate numbers of Australians available to fill skilled trades positions, then they should get the jobs ...

Is the Prime Minister aware that up to 50 Australian tradespeople working on site at ABC Tissues were stood down without pay in the week of 18 August but that the foreign workers continued to be paid? Does the Prime Minister now think it is acceptable for local tradespeople to be stood down without pay—

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