Ms Kearney said the Liberals are trying to con the Australian public and should be judged on their actions not on what they say now that an election has been called.

"Everyone knows what the Coalition did when they were last in government.

"They brought in WorkChoices without telling the Australian public.

"The Coalition gave employers the power to push down wages, cut basic job conditions and unfairly sack people.

"They still believe in WorkChoices and will bring it back as soon as they can.

"Tony Abbott has already admitted that you can't always trust what he says and over the weekend he was exposed by his own workplace relations spokesperson as again being dishonest.

"Senior Liberal Eric Abetz admitted there would be back door changes to Labor's Fair Work IR system.

"Repeatedly this year Mr Abbott has said he will give employers greater 'flexibility'.

"On national television earlier this year Tony Abbott spelt out in clear terms the key elements of the industrial relations policy the Liberal Party will take to this year's Federal election, including a return to individual contracts and cuts to unfair dismissal protection.

"Mr Abbott has extreme views on a range of issues including workplace relations.

"He is still wedded to Howard-era policies and cannot be trusted by working Australians.