Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I thought that would be the answer. Can the government explain the public policy reasoning for somebody being paid danger money on an offshore rig, for example, then being paid danger money whilst that person is ensconced in a metropolitan hotel receiving training? How do we justify that that person, who is no longer in any danger, is going to be paid danger money for appearing at a training course that—surprise, surprise!—will be five days of face to face in a nice hotel? Why would these workers be paid danger money in those circumstances?