Senate debates

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Bills

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012; In Committee

8:40 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

Certainly there are a lot of such discretions but, given that there was a three-year lead-up in relation to this legislation, one may have thought that the agency had been provided with some form of guidelines in relation to the exercise of this power, in particular given that checks on a relevant employer may be undertaken and may by written notice require a relevant employer to provide information that is relevant to the employer's compliance with the act. Again I ask the minister: in relation to the checks on the employers, what are the relevant guidelines under which these checks may be taken?

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