Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I've said, it is normal practice for governments of the day to introduce laws that set, if you like, parameters for the Fair Work Commission to work within, and that's what we're doing here. The commission will continue to interpret and apply the Fair Work Act, including the new principle introduced in this bill, and they will continue to make decisions, just as they have always done.