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Tony Abbott and the Liberals will take away hard won workers' rights, and send Australia backwards. Don't let it happen. Put Abbott and his Liberal cronies last.
Created Fri 20/08/2010, Last Updated Fri 20/08/2010

What Would It Mean For Australians If Abbott Wins?

It’s come down to the very last day before Australians take to the polls to cast their vote on Saturday. And what is being billed as the tightest election race in years has many worried about the unthinkable result – a Tony Abbott, Liberal party win.

Make no mistake, under an Abbott Liberal government; workers’ rights would be attacked.

Australian workers and their unions would need to prepare for a savage assault on hard won rights. Recent history tells us that when these rights are stolen by right wing Governments and employers, the fight to regain them is long and hard.

Australians work hard for their money and deserve to know that their wages, superannuation and other entitlements are safe. They shouldn’t have to worry about being paid what they have already earned or rightfully owed.

Abbott would stop the long overdue plan to increase superannuation to 12%, a plan announced by Labor. That would mean hard working Australians would miss out on hundreds of thousands of extra dollars to take with them into retirement.

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Workers' entitlements - they're worth keeping and fighting for so why risk them this election under Tony Abbott and the Liberals?
Created Wed 18/08/2010, Last Updated Wed 18/08/2010

Protecting Workers’ Entitlements

Every year, thousands of Australian workers are made redundant when the company or business they work for collapses or goes into insolvency. Only then do they find out that the business had not set aside enough money to pay their rightful entitlements.

Australian employees work hard and deserve to know that their wages, superannuation and other entitlements are safe. They shouldn’t have to worry about being paid what they have already earned.

Julia Gillard and Labor have developed the Protecting Workers’ Entitlements package. This package stands in stark contrast to the Coalition, who will simply rip workers’ entitlements away.

Labor will protect workers entitlements in three ways:

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Thousands of workers' jobs were saved as a result of Labor's GFC stimulus package. Tony Abbott and the Liberals would scrap it
Created Mon 16/08/2010, Last Updated Fri 20/08/2010

Labor's GFC Stimulus Package Helped Save Our Jobs

The Global Financial Crisis that spread across the globe caused the biggest threat to jobs and living standards of Australian workers for numerous generations.

Australia managed to weather the storm a lot better than most countries did, however, because the Labor Government acted quickly and decisively to stimulate the economy.

Under Labor, the Government spent $16.2 billion on stimulating the economy when the global financial crisis hit. Thousands of Australian construction workers would have lost their jobs if the government hadn’t acted so swiftly.

Tony Abbott  and the Liberals would cut this program, just like he cut health funding when he was Minister for Health and Ageing.

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