Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the opposition, we also welcome the passage of this bill today. Clearly both sides of the House would like to see the parliament do all it can to tackle sex and age discrimination. But once we do so we need to be mindful of the fact that when we are legislating we can complicate matters in a way that makes it very difficult, particularly for small businesses, to keep up with the constant changes we make to legislation. In the interests of simplicity, the amendments have been moved by the opposition and I welcome the government's support.

Question agreed to.

See this speech in context