Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Minister. I might come back to you with some follow-up questions. I'm aware of the general provisions, but it was more a specific question about whether employment conditions could be unilaterally varied. My understanding is the answer is no, but I was hoping for confirmation. Thank you for the clarification.

I have a couple of quick questions on paid parental leave. I want to confirm that paid parental leave taken does not affect the continuity of service for casuals. Can you confirm that, if they return from paid parental leave but they haven't returned for longer than 12 months, their previous service in that role would count and they would be eligible for the JobKeeper payment as casuals that had been employed for more than 12 months but had been on that period of paid parental leave?