Mary Fisher (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is of the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Senator Wong. Minister, in our home state of South Australia two days ago, 11,000 of the state’s teachers went on strike over pay and conditions. Next week the state’s emergency doctors will resign from their jobs in the state’s hospitals. Nationally, Qantas faces rolling strikes and reduced flights due to disputes with air-traffic controllers seeking a 60 per cent pay increase and with aircraft engineers. Australia is on the brink of a blow-out in wages and a blow-out in inflation. Minister, why has the government repeatedly refused to seek empirical analysis of the impact of its workplace relations changes?