Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Siewert, I have just been referring back to the notes I have on these amendments. My understanding is that it is amendment (32) which is designed to make clear the government’s intention that modern awards can include provisions relating to both employee and contract outworkers in appropriate cases. The intention of that is to enable protective clauses like those found in the clothing trades award to be included in modern awards.