Moving Aussie casuals to perm part or full time contracts

I saw a tweet by Sunrise about whether or not casual employees should be made permanent part time or full time employees.

The answer is yes.

People can't live on not knowing if they have work or not.  People have bills every week not just the week the employer wants to give us work.

It's a tricky situation and a position I'm in at the moment.  I'm working casually until I'm paid in media or find a more stable job that works with my media work which takes first priority.

See, if you have a commitment like I do then knowing only one day prior if you have work is impossible and it causes so much stress for employees not knowing if they have work.  That's no exaggeration by the way, the casual work can be that unstable

As a casual employee working on long term goals I need flexibility but I also need certainty.  I have goals that are hard to achieve with that level of casualness.

Casual employees should definitely have access to sick or holiday pay, especially considering some businesses close over Christmas. NZ does it based on hours worked and Australia needs to follow NZ's lead and remove the casual loading in favour if money put away in a kitty.

People need certainty or they can't do simple things like rent an apartment.  There needs to be more give and take between employers and employees.