Page 2209 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 22 June 2005
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individual Australian employee will be worse off under its proposed changes. I will be signing this petition and I call on other members of the Assembly to follow suit and provide leadership in this area.
Unions ACT has also organised a peaceful protest from 11 am to 12.30 pm on Sunday outside the Hyatt Hotel Canberra. This will coincide with the Liberal Party conference, because that is where you will find the Liberals, and signal to the federal government the wider public’s opposition to a reduction in protections for working people. Again, I expect to see all members of the Assembly there—particularly those opposite as they will probably be attending the Liberal Party conference—joining with other Canberrans to send a message that we do not support the attack on the rights of working Australians.
The week of action will conclude on 29 June with a community forum hosted by Unions ACT to discuss what constitutes a fair industrial relations system. I look forward to discussing this issue with others interested in protecting the rights of worker, including Mr Robin Brown, President of ACTCOSS, and Mr Richard Dennis, Deputy Director of the Australian Institute. Further information on all these activities is available on the Your Rights at Work web site, www.rightsatwork.com.au, and I encourage all members of the Assembly to become involved.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
The Assembly adjourned at 6.29 pm.
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