Ms ROWLAND (Greenway) (14:16): My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts, representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations. Will the minister inform the House how the Fair Work Act and the government's decisive actions under that act have strengthened the rights of working people and protected the national interest? How were workers treated before the introduction of the Fair Work Act?