Senate debates Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water

2:38 pm

It is interesting—isn’t it?—that Senator Abetz is interjecting again. Yes, Senator Abetz, we actually do engage in consultation. We engaged in consultation with the community, we engaged in consultation with the union movement and we engaged in consultation with various sectors of industry and business. The reality is that these employment standards were informed by those consultations, unlike the Work Choices legislation, which was not.

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