Senator Eric Abetz

“It’s all very well for Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard to ‘Huff and Puff’, urging striking Woodside Petroleum workers to end their strike action in Western Australia in defiance of a order to return to work, but the Minister has the power to step in and stop this illegal strike action and, still, she refuses to do so.”

“The Coalition is determined to make Labor accountable for the damage they have inflicted on the Australian workforce through the introduction of its new laws and so on Australia Day I launched my new website, abetz.com.au to encourage workers and small business men and women with concerns about Labor’s so called Fair Work scheme to write to me”.

“Just weeks into the New Year and Labor’s ‘Cash for Comrades’ program is in full swing as the Rudd Government shamefully continues handing out bucket loads of taxpayer money to it’s trade union backers”.

A recent decision of Fair Work Australia shows how Julia Gillard’s new industrial mess is stifling innovation and fitting up business with a ‘Fair Work straight jacket’, according to Shadow Employment and Workplace Relations Minister, Senator Eric Abetz.