HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [6.21 pm]: I rise to make a short statement on behalf of the Greens in solidarity with the Philippine trade union movement. Last month, I met with Mr Elmer “Bong” Labog, the chairperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno, the Filipino trade union movement, and the KMU international officer, Ms Meryl Quero-Asa.
HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.46 pm]: It has been a tough week. It has been a really tough week, as I think all of us have been inundated with concerns and requests to try to get more information and to try to have particular issues addressed in the response to the current pandemic. I want to acknowledge that there is an awful lot of work happening, and that all of us, I think, are feeling a huge amount of distress and anxiety about what will happen in the immediate future as the pandemic unfolds.
