Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Hanson-Young for indicating her withdrawal of that amendment, and I just reiterate that the government was very clear in taking the advice and evidence of the Senate inquiry that it was important to be quite explicit that an employer cannot use parental leave pay under this bill to meet their obligation to provide employer funded paid parental leave under an industrial instrument. That is the purpose of the amendment and we are very happy to do that.