"Guest post by Chris White
Watching the National Press Club's debate between Joe Hockey and Julia Gillard, I was once again struck by the Government's big lie about the so-called 'job destroying unfair dismissal laws'. I remember Minister Peter Reith's answer years ago (when he first put this in a press release) when I asked, how could this be? I said SA had the first unfair dismissal laws operating for many years without hearing from employers about such a notion. He gave this amazing reply.
"Of course, when a worker is unfairly dismissed it adds to unemployment. My press secretary reversed what happens. It creates jobs. He made it up " he said proudly.
"But how could that be?", I persisted.
"Look, its all about politics. We'll just assert abolishing these unfair dismissal laws creates jobs" and laughed. He thought this was a great joke and being very clever."
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