Hunter coal miner Simon Turner accuses Bill Shorten of 'hypocrisy' on casualisation

By Dana McCauley
May 16 2019 - 12:00pm
LONG WAIT: Former Mount Arthur casual Simon Turner
LONG WAIT: Former Mount Arthur casual Simon Turner

A former worker at the NSW Hunter Valley's largest black coal mines has slammed Bill Shorten over a pledge to fix casualisation, saying the Labor leader's election campaign glosses over the mining union's role in the rise of labour hire in the industry.

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