Stephen Judd, former CEO of HammondCare, was shocked to realise that statements of faith were not sufficient to ensure Christian organisations remain .
The committee has already received 77 submissions from diverse groups including the Transport Workers Union (TWU), Trades Hall Councils, lawyers’ advocacy groups, nursing and hospitality unions, the Australian Medical Association, university casual academics networks, aged and disability care providers and the National Association for the Visual Arts. The diversity of submissions reveals how widespread casual, fixed-term and precarious work is.
The big gig corporations Menulog, Uber, UberEats, Ola and Deliveroo have also made submissions.
In its submission, the TWU said government needs to regulate the gig economy. TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said on April 12 that workers in the industry face economic hardship at the “whim of an app notification”.