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

The government was not going to support it. The low-paid bargaining stream is designed to extend the benefits of bargaining to employers and employees who have not been able to bargain in the past. This includes the small business sector, where individual employers often do not have the time or resources to bargain with their employees. I could go into a lot more detail, but I think you get the gist of it.