Maria Kovacic (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My next question relates to the ones that I'm ready asking. I'm trying to get an understanding of how this legislation was drafted and the thinking behind it. Why would we legislate to prohibit mutually beneficial award variations, where an employee and employer have said: 'This works for both of us. Let's do this'? Even in the simplest of circumstances, why would we actually say to them: 'You can't do that. We will determine for you, via this legislation, what your arrangements can be'? Why insert legislation into a mutually beneficial arrangement between an employee and employer, particularly as it relates to flexibility?