STATEMENTS BY SENATORS

Senator POLLEY (Tasmania) (13:56): I would like to put on record that the new coalition partner of the Liberals and the Nationals, One Nation, are just regurgitating the same policies that they had 30 years ago. They're not a party of solutions. What they really are is a party of grievance.

They don't really stand with Australian workers; the reality is that their voting record in this place is very different to that claim. They voted against tax cuts. When families are under pressure and people want help with affordability concerns, decent wages, secure jobs and lower bills, One Nation, along with the Liberals and Nationals, vote against them.

That's the reality and the true story. We know One Nation wants lower wages because we've heard that from their leader. In fact, what she advocates is for bosses to be able to sack people more easily.

One Nation wants, as I said, to give power back to bosses to override the working conditions that unions in Australia have campaigned for over decades. She wants people to be able to be sacked more easily. Shame on you.

She refers to Australian workers as being lazy. Australian workers deserve a fair day's pay for the work that they do and they deserve job security, and they also need to be assured that the government in the future is going to support wage growth. Those opposite, including the One Nation leader, are opposed to parental leave.

This government has just extended it by six months. We're paying superannuation on that. What did One Nation, the Liberals and the Nationals do?

They did what they always do. They say one thing back in their electorates to get elected, but, when they're in this place, they vote very differently. I'll give you a tip: Australians are not mugs.

They know what you're about. They rejected you— (Time expired)