Senate debates

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Bills

Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; In Committee

1:28 pm

Photo of Anthony ChisholmAnthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

The real focus of the changes is removing the red tape so that it can actually be used successfully. That was the failure of the previous government—that you had that part of the legislation in place but no-one was able to use it successfully. So, the focus, from our point of view, is removing that red tape to allow it to be used. And it's got a particular focus, from our point of view, on those feminised industries that a lot of us have talked about substantially last night and today and is a real focus of the bill. And we think that is required and will hopefully drive an improvement in wages.

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