Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Deregulation, Competition Policy and Sustainable Cities) Share this | Hansard source

I congratulate the minister on bringing these amendments forward. They have the complete and wholehearted support of the coalition. So as not to delay the passage of the bill through the parliamentary process, I will briefly highlight an amendment of particular interest to the small business community—the government’s agreement to the opposition’s request to have the department secretary continue to be the pay clerk, effectively, for this arrangement, indefinitely.

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