Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Amazon is making bank built off the back of hardworking Aussies. Behind unbeatable low prices and next-day delivery are questionable work practices that keep people in economic precarity. Warehouse staff are employed as casuals or through labour hire, and delivery drivers are pushed into the gig economy. We know these workers are overwhelmingly young people and migrants. Amazon maximises its returns off the back of hardworking Aussies, who deserve their fair share.

What's the size of that pie? In 2024, Amazon Commercial Services earned an eye-watering $3.12 billion in Australia but paid just—wait for it—$24.9 million in tax. That's a mere 0.8 per cent. A nurse pays more tax than Amazon. We are all being taken for a ride, people! We are all being taken for a ride.

This is exactly why unions like the TWU and SDA are so important. Unions hold powerful corporations to account. They hold their feet to the fire. Unions commission research. They engage with leaders and their workers to help deliver better conditions, like stronger safeguards for gig workers, protected penalty rates for casual employees, payday super, banning wage secrecy, and multi-employer bargaining—all these measures that, with the help of our unions, this Albanese Labor government has delivered for Australian workers. There is no standing up to the corporate giants unless you stand together. Join your union.