Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I have been surprised at the volume of negative stories about Work Choices. I have been surprised because so many people do not fall under Work Choices. About a quarter of all workers still fall under the state systems and, of the other 75 per cent, the majority are still under old pre Work Choices collective and individual agreements. So in fact once those people shift over to Work Choices you should expect to see the volume of complaints lift enormously.

The second thing I have been surprised at is the debate over job creation. Since Work Choices came into law, 260,000 jobs have been created. If Work Choices had not come into law, 260,000 jobs would still have been created. I defy anyone from the government side to actually tell us how many jobs Work Choices has created—