How has the Government assisted the workers at Grafton Abattoir?
Mr CARR: This is an interesting story and it reflects great credit on a certain member of this Government. The city of Grafton was devastated on the eve of Christmas last year. The local abattoir, operated by Gilbertsons, was closed and 250 workers were left without a job and without access to their rightful entitlements. Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Coffs Harbour to order for the second time. Mr CARR: I convened a meeting with the administrator and representatives of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union and the Australian Council of Trade Unions in my office on 18 February. I agreed to seek access to rightful entitlements for those workers, an issue, I note, that the Federal Government still fails to countenance. It is willing to set aside $250 million to fund a union-busting exercise, but it is not prepared to do anything to see that workers at Cobar or Goulburn receive their rightful entitlements. The New South Wales Government says to the Federal Go
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