Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I do not know whether I could. To ensure multienterprise bargaining occurs on a voluntary basis, protected industrial action and good faith bargaining orders will not be available when bargaining for a multienterprise agreement. This is also consistent with the government’s clear policy intention to prevent industrial action in pursuit of pattern bargaining. We have made that position very clear. We do not support the amendment. We understand the principle behind it but it undermines what we say is the system that we are seeking to put in place.

Question negatived.