QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Employment and Workplace Relations (Question No. 2016)
Senator Abetz asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 15 August 2012: With reference to the illegal picket line at the Coles Distribution Centre in Melbourne, managed by Toll, that was subject to a Federal Court injunction: (1) Did the Minister or Minister’s office speak to any of the union bosses involved in the picket line in relation to the unprotected action; if so: (a) which union bosses; (b) when; and (c) what was the content of the conversations. (2) Has the Minister expressed any: (a) concerns and/or; (b) support, publically or directly to union bosses, in regard to the unprotected action; if so, when. (3) Did the Minister support the unprotected action.