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

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to my question yesterday about the Australian Federal Police’s preference for collective agreement making. I refer to the fact that a survey of Federal Police found that there was very strong support for open collective bargaining—approximately 85 per cent; and that there was strong opposition to secret individual agreements—approximately 75 per cent. Yesterday in response to my question the Prime Minister said:

Under our policy you can choose ... Under our policy you have many choices.

Isn’t it the case that the only choice the Prime Minister is giving the Federal Police is his choice and that working Australians are worse off as a result? Prime Minister, aren’t the coppers onto you?

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