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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

RARE PHOTOS: Committee report sets up insecure work as election target | Rare Historical Photos

COLLECTIVE MESSAGE: Unionists rally before the committee's two-day visit to Newcastle in December. Below are chair Tony Sheldon, left, and deputy-chair Matt Canavan, speaking on the opening day, December 6.

JOB "insecurity" had reached "a crisis point" in Australia, an ALP-chaired Senate committee has found, although its Coalition members say in a dissenting report that an unemployment rate of 4.2 per cent shows this to be a "Labor lie".

The committee's 300-page fourth report, published on Friday, also includes a separate set of recommendations from One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts, who accuses Labor and the Coalition alike of ignoring the needs of small business in favour of the "one size fits all Industrial Relations Club".

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