From The Campaign Trail

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Last Wednesday my campaign held a very well attended forum at the Taringa Rovers Soccer Club on Howard's oppressive industrial relations laws. The forum heard directly from people who have had working conditions destroyed by having to sign up to unfair Australian Workplace Agreements. I am deeply concerned about how these laws are affecting women who are returning to the work force and young people who have very little bargaining power with employers. These laws are unfair and have shattered rights that Australian workers spent decades fighting for. It was good to see the Greens Party presenting almost identical views. It was disappointing that despite invitations to the local Federal member no one from the government was prepared to stand up and defend these laws. Every time I hear the stories of the hardships being faced by workers I am more determined to be part of an ALP team that will rip them up and replace them with laws that are Australian, decent and fair.