There will be test cases that make their way to court but I think the government was desperate that this not be one of them, because they would know as well as I that these laws allow people to be terminated and offered their jobs back for lower pay.
"Gregory Ivan "Greg" Combet" Member of Parliament#Australia/MP is a former Australian politician and trade unionist. He was Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions between 2000 and 2007. He was elected member for the New South Wales seat of Division of Charlton/Charlton for the Australian Labor Party at the Australian federal election, 2007/2007 election and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007. Combet was the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation in the Second Gillard Ministry before announcing his resignation from the ministry on 26 June 2013 following Gillard's defeat in a Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013/leadership ballot. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, when Penny Wong was the Minister.
On 29 June he announced he would be retiring from politics at the 2013 election.
More Greg Combet on Wikipedia.Already around the country, three days into these laws, people are being dismissed.
It simply says in a letter that your services are no longer required and refers specifically to the new industrial relations laws to justify it.
The basic thing we've got to do in the workplace is to stick together.
This is not an economic strategy for Australia. This is just a major assault on workers' rights and it's a huge boost for big business.
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