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A surprise motion in Parliament this afternoon has caught out the Liberals in their secret plan to revive WorkChoices if re-elected.

On the day that AWA individual contracts were abolished, Julia Gillard introduced a further motion to the House of Representatives.

She called for the lower house to agree that WorkChoices had hurt Australians by both allowing pay and conditions to be ripped off, and people to be sacked without reason or remedy.

First, the Opposition tried to gag her from speaking. Then the Liberal and National MPs voted against the motion.

They refused to agree WorkChoices hurt workers. And they refused to rule out reintroducing it if they were re-elected.

If there's one thing that Australians hate after 12 years of Coalition Government, it's being duped. The Liberal leader needs to be up front. What are the Liberals' true plans for WorkChoices?

As background, Labor split their Forward with Fairness bill into two pieces. Their Transition Bill to get rid of AWAs went through the Parliament today. But this is only the first stage of the overturning of WorkChoices. The Howard Government's IR laws are not dead until we have won protection from unfair dismissal and the right to collectively bargain.

Be up front Dr Nelson!
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The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MPLeader of the OppositionLiberal Party of Australia

Email Dr Nelson now and politely, but firmly, remind him that Australians made their views clear at the last election.

Does Dr Nelson support unfair dismissal protections?

Does he support the right to collectively bargain with your colleagues in order to get a better a deal at work?

Does he support a strong safety net, an independent umpire and the right to union representation for all workers?

After weeks of saying he "doesn't oppose but doesn't support" abolishing WorkChoices, he needs to be up front with Australians about his plans!

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MORE EVIDENCE: SENIOR LIBERALS WANT WORKCHOICES REVIVAL
Wed Mar 19, 2008
 
 

The Parliamentary vote is just the latest in a series of clues that makes a mockery of Dr Nelson and Julie Bishop's "we do not support but would not oppose it" line on WorkChoices' abolition. Yesterday in his Press Club address, Dr Nelson stridently opposed the Labor Government's plan to restore unfair dismissal protections for all workers. He said "I say to the small business community . . . we feel very strongly about unfair dismissal provisions for small businesses." He defended the Howard Government's legacy, saying "we are immensely proud of what was achieved over almost 12 years".

West Australian Liberal Don Randall hinted the Coalition are just biding their time. "Politics is a bit like judo, you give in and win." He hinted to reporters that AWAs and other planks of WorkChoices were not dead. "Anything could happen in five years, you know. You could have a different government after five years," he said.

And Tony Abbott, who has a history of letting the cat out of the bag, revealed he is another Liberal holding a candle for WorkChoices. "The Howard government's industrial legislation was good for wages, it was good for jobs and it was good for workers and let's never forget that," he told reporters outside Parliament House yesterday.

 
 
 
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