House debates

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

2:00 pm

Photo of Julie CollinsJulie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister over there for her question. As I've said in this place, we are continuing to consult and talk to small businesses as we negotiate getting this industrial relations bill through the parliament. When it comes to the size of small businesses, she would've seen the recommendations, of course, from the Senate committee yesterday. We're having a look at those, and we are actually talking to people about what they might mean. Indeed, as she will also know, if she has read the bill, there are several thresholds that need to be met for the single-interest bargaining stream. One of them is the number of employees. Of course, the others are that the Fair Work Commission needs to be satisfied that employers have a clearly identified common interest and that the bargain is not contrary to the public interest. That threshold needs to be met. We want to see businesses competing on quality, on innovation, on product and service—

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