Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

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.