Senator Eric Abetz

Julia Gillard’s warning to nursing home operators in NSW and Queensland not to cut nurses pay under Labor’s modern award system is an admission by the Deputy Prime Minister that workers ARE worse off under her new award system.

Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd ensured that no worker would be worse off under Labor’s new award system but clearly this is not the case and is yet another in a long list of Labor’s broken promises.

Ms Gillard says she wants employees to be treated fairly under Labor’s modern award system, but for the first time she has been forced to admit that the system she put in place is flawed.

Labor’s Modern Awards system is falling apart and Julia Gillard should take a leaf out of Humpty Dumpty’s book who discovered that after falling off the wall, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put him back together again.

Senator Abetz says, “Just like Humpty, you can’t sit on the fence Ms Gillard, what you should be doing is explaining to aged care nurses why they are worse off under your new award and why you have allowed this to happen.”

“You created the problem in the first place Ms Gillard and issuing warnings to employers who are being forced to abide by your new laws won’t fix the mess.”