Tony Sheldon (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Walking on eggshells constantly, deactivated without any meaningful opportunity to respond, putting drivers in unsafe and unworkable situations, and prioritisation of speed and volume over driver safety—that's what Amazon Flex drivers have told me about their workplace conditions. Amazon Flex is undercutting established transport companies by ripping off their contractors and owner-drivers. On top of that, these platform workers don't have minimum wage, workers' compensation, sick leave or right of reinstatement. Despite these clearly deadly and exploitative practices, billionaires like Jeff Bezos show no sign of turning back, with Amazon Flex recently entering into partnership with Harris Farm Markets.

Amazon needs to start funding fair standards in their supply chain. They need to pay up.

That's why today hundreds of members of the Transport Workers Union are protesting at Amazon sites around the country. They want to reach a deal with the TWU, Doordash and Uber, and I back them to the hilt. The Albanese government passed laws to prevent platform workers from being unfairly deactivated, to give the Fair Work Commission the power to approve collective agreements to cover these workers and to give the commissioner power to set world-leading minimum standards— (Time expired)