Senate debates Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Bill 2009; Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009
In Committee
Mark Arbib NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery
12:40 pm
This comes back to where we started with our election commitments—an orderly transition. We cannot overturn all the provisions, all the legislation of Work Choices overnight. This was a commitment that we made. This provides the orderly transition. But also, Senator Siewert, remember that for many of the workers on those sorts of agreements the national employment standards will apply.
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