What we heard from Minister Wood earlier on today, intentional or not, was just not correct. The "race to the bottom" rhetoric is very disingenuous. The fact is that after declining through the 1980s, employees' pay and conditions have improved substantially since the introduction of the employment contracts agreement in 1991. We're going to constantly hear from Minister Wood about how fantastic these agreements are in Australia, but everyone, especially hard-working employees, should be very sceptical. Despite what Jan Logie just said, union membership in Australia and throughout the world is declining, as workers prefer to be treated like adults who are more than capable of working out their own conditions for employment.