Glenn Lazarus (Queensland, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

The people of Australia desperately need to see the government and community leaders get behind Australian jobs for Australian workers. While I appreciate that the Hutchison Ports issue is complex and currently unfolding, it is the role of the government and the parliament to show leadership and to restore competence in our own abilities and capabilities as a nation. We need to stop pandering to everyone else and start putting the interests of Australians first. The Hutchison Ports sackings are atrocious, but sackings like this are happening all over Australia. This is not the business practice we should tolerate nor is it behaviour we should accept. This motion is about sending a strong message to the community that we care about Australian jobs for Australian workers.