❓ The Minister announces the abolition of Western Australian workplace agreements on September 15th, highlighting the Gallop Government's commitment to workplace fairness and contrasting it with the previous Liberal government's low minimum wage policies.
AnsweredQoN 1063Legislative Assembly
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Can the minister advise the House of the date of the abolition of Western Australian workplace agreements? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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I am certainly very proud that we can announce that workplace agreements will cease to exist on 15 September. One of the key aims of the Gallop Government is to restore fairness to workplaces in Western Australia. The abolition on Monday of all Western Australian workplace agreements will be one giant step towards making sure there is fairness in Western Australian workplaces. When the Liberal Party was in government, Western Australia had the lowest minimum wage of anywhere in Australia. It was more than $50 a week below the minimum that applied anywhere else in Australia. Liberal members should be absolutely ashamed of that. One of the mechanisms driving that low wage was the Liberal Party’s Western Australian workplace agreements. It used them to make sure that the standards in the workplace were undermined and lowered. Since the election of the Gallop Government, the minimum wage has increased by more than $80 a week. The lowest-paid workers in this State are getting more than $80 a week extra. The minimum hourly rate has increased by 28 per cent in just over two years. At the same time, the State achieved its lowest unemployment figure for 14 years as a result of the economic growth created by the Gallop Government. We are providing fairness in the workplace and we are creating jobs. That was reinforced by the figures released today. Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I am certainly very proud that we can announce that workplace agreements will cease to exist on 15 September. One of the key aims of the Gallop Government is to restore fairness to workplaces in Western Australia. The abolition on Monday of all Western Australian workplace agreements will be one giant step towards making sure there is fairness in Western Australian workplaces. When the Liberal Party was in government, Western Australia had the lowest minimum wage of anywhere in Australia. It was more than $50 a week below the minimum that applied anywhere else in Australia. Liberal members should be absolutely ashamed of that. One of the mechanisms driving that low wage was the Liberal Party’s Western Australian workplace agreements. It used them to make sure that the standards in the workplace were undermined and lowered. Since the election of the Gallop Government, the minimum wage has increased by more than $80 a week. The lowest-paid workers in this State are getting more than $80 a week extra. The minimum hourly rate has increased by 28 per cent in just over two years. At the same time, the State achieved its lowest unemployment figure for 14 years as a result of the economic growth created by the Gallop Government. We are providing fairness in the workplace and we are creating jobs. That was reinforced by the figures released today. Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
I am certainly very proud that we can announce that workplace agreements will cease to exist on 15 September. One of the key aims of the Gallop Government is to restore fairness to workplaces in Western Australia. The abolition on Monday of all Western Australian workplace agreements will be one giant step towards making sure there is fairness in Western Australian workplaces. When the Liberal Party was in government, Western Australia had the lowest minimum wage of anywhere in Australia. It was more than $50 a week below the minimum that applied anywhere else in Australia. Liberal members should be absolutely ashamed of that. One of the mechanisms driving that low wage was the Liberal Party’s Western Australian workplace agreements. It used them to make sure that the standards in the workplace were undermined and lowered. Since the election of the Gallop Government, the minimum wage has increased by more than $80 a week. The lowest-paid workers in this State are getting more than $80 a week extra. The minimum hourly rate has increased by 28 per cent in just over two years. At the same time, the State achieved its lowest unemployment figure for 14 years as a result of the economic growth created by the Gallop Government. We are providing fairness in the workplace and we are creating jobs. That was reinforced by the figures released today. Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I am certainly very proud that we can announce that workplace agreements will cease to exist on 15 September. One of the key aims of the Gallop Government is to restore fairness to workplaces in Western Australia. The abolition on Monday of all Western Australian workplace agreements will be one giant step towards making sure there is fairness in Western Australian workplaces. When the Liberal Party was in government, Western Australia had the lowest minimum wage of anywhere in Australia. It was more than $50 a week below the minimum that applied anywhere else in Australia. Liberal members should be absolutely ashamed of that. One of the mechanisms driving that low wage was the Liberal Party’s Western Australian workplace agreements. It used them to make sure that the standards in the workplace were undermined and lowered. Since the election of the Gallop Government, the minimum wage has increased by more than $80 a week. The lowest-paid workers in this State are getting more than $80 a week extra. The minimum hourly rate has increased by 28 per cent in just over two years. At the same time, the State achieved its lowest unemployment figure for 14 years as a result of the economic growth created by the Gallop Government. We are providing fairness in the workplace and we are creating jobs. That was reinforced by the figures released today. Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
I am certainly very proud that we can announce that workplace agreements will cease to exist on 15 September. One of the key aims of the Gallop Government is to restore fairness to workplaces in Western Australia. The abolition on Monday of all Western Australian workplace agreements will be one giant step towards making sure there is fairness in Western Australian workplaces. When the Liberal Party was in government, Western Australia had the lowest minimum wage of anywhere in Australia. It was more than $50 a week below the minimum that applied anywhere else in Australia. Liberal members should be absolutely ashamed of that. One of the mechanisms driving that low wage was the Liberal Party’s Western Australian workplace agreements. It used them to make sure that the standards in the workplace were undermined and lowered. Since the election of the Gallop Government, the minimum wage has increased by more than $80 a week. The lowest-paid workers in this State are getting more than $80 a week extra. The minimum hourly rate has increased by 28 per cent in just over two years. At the same time, the State achieved its lowest unemployment figure for 14 years as a result of the economic growth created by the Gallop Government. We are providing fairness in the workplace and we are creating jobs. That was reinforced by the figures released today. Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
Finally, those employers and employees who may still be on workplace agreements, which will be legally abolished at the end of this weekend, need to take steps to regularise their employment basis. Their conditions will be maintained. They will not lose anything, but problems could arise if they do not address the issues. They can contact Wageline for information, or they can seek their own professional advice. The fifteenth of this month will be a very happy day for Western Australian workers because Western Australian workplace agreements will no longer have any legal standing in this State.
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