Senate debates

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008

In Committee

1:09 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

This is the point, and I will come to it later during the debate. This is why we the Greens have in fact put an amendment up that says that AWAs should cease on the nominal expiry date. I am sorry, but I do not think the mechanisms that are in place sufficiently deal with the issue of duress in a workplace if an employee wants to get out of their AWA but feels sufficient duress. I think the degree of that is debatable, but I also ask—and to a certain extent, for once, I agree with the opposition—

Comments

No comments