In The Herald Sun yesterday Kevin Andrews opens his mouth to give us all these pearls in an effort to justify former Howard Government industrial relations law, WorkChoices.
Thereby demonstrating that he is politically out to lunch as well as out of government.
- JOHN Howard wanted to limit unfair dismissal laws to businesses with more than 200 employees and abolish all minimum wage classifications.
- Coalition MPs were also collectively blind to the political danger of a policy that potentially tore away entitlements.
- On the day the package was presented to the joint party room meeting, Mr Andrews received a standing ovation.
- Mr Andrews said he was not trying to blame the former PM. "(In the end) this was a cabinet decision and we discussed WorkChoices I suspect more than any other piece of legislation that I can recall," he said.
- But other senior Liberals said Mr Howard was blind when it came to WorkChoices, and in the last few months of government would "erupt" if anyone tried to suggest there was still a problem.
- Mr Andrews said some members of cabinet were more determined to push as far as possible on WorkChoices than others.
- The revelations by Mr Andrews suggest Senator Minchin was reflecting the view of the cabinet when he apologised to the HR Nicholls society early in 2006 for the government not going far enough.
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