Scott Buchholz (Wright, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Order! The member's time has expired. I call the member for Bennelong.

The remainder of the member for Ballarat's speech read as follows—

We have seen this elsewhere, such as at CUB, where 55 workers were sacked without notices and then offered their jobs back with a 65 per cent reduction in monetary entitlements and cuts to conditions.

We have heard that McCain has threatened to leave Ballarat if this deal is not done, despite the fact that Ballarat is one of their best performing plants and provides an excellent pipeline of local primary produce. Local workers deserve better. This is an already casualised and precarious workforce fighting for its jobs, and stripping away conditions is a kick in the guts for workers who have been at the plant for decades.

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