MONEY SHOT

Kevin Andrews ... 'dickhead'

NSW Nationals Leader backs away from insult of Kevin Andrews


Grant Lee is the head of the Macleay Teachers' Association in country New South Wales. He organised a meeting of the group earlier this week, attended by State Nationals Leader Andrew Stoner, to discuss the industrial relations reforms.

The Discussion centred around Australian Workplace Agreements and the Federal Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews.

Grant Lee, head of the Macleay Teachers' Association, NSW: Andrew [Stoner] was making the point, several times, that the no-disadvantage clause would make it so that the AWAs (Australian Workplace Agreements) would be protecting Australian workers.
I had to point out to him that under the Howard Government's IR laws, the no-disadvantage clause has actually been abolished.
He was surprised by this. He disagreed at first, but then he said: I'll have to check with my Federal colleagues about that and get back to you. Then he went on to say: but if the no-disadvantage clause has gone, I've got a problem as well.
And then several minutes later into the meeting he actually said to us: if Kevin Andrews got rid of that, frankly he's a dickhead.

[Labor says NSW Nationals Leader Andrew Stoner was right on the money with his description.]