Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

I have listened carefully and I have had some notes from both sides on this issue. There are two ways of reading this. I am all for consultation but, as we know, sometimes minds are made up even before the consultation is done. I think employers know how to run their business and, if we start assuming employers do not do the right thing, you can see a need for creating a lot more of these sorts of amendments. If you also came from the perspective that workers do not do the right thing, you would end up with a heck of a lot more clauses. I have weighed it up and I do not think that the insertion of this amendment is that necessary. I am persuaded by the opposition in this regard so I will not be supporting this amendment.