Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Those opposite are extremely delicate about this. One day they say Work Choices is dead; the next day they are calling for extreme changes to the framework that the Australian people decided on. The people gave Labor a clear mandate to get rid of Work Choices to ensure that we do have fairness and flexibility in the workforce. I remind the Senate of one of the things that the member for Higgins told Insight magazine in 2005. The alternative opposition leader said:

You could have an exemption for everyone. There is no magic in the 100 limit.

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I can’t tell you there is any magic in the number 100. If this were to work well and people were to say well in the years to come it should be extended to all companies I would be very open to the idea.

Of course, what was really happening was that Mr Costello— (Time expired)