Senate debates
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Bills
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025; In Committee
12:00 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source
We respect the fact that the Fair Work Commission is independent in the decisions it makes on particular cases. We respect the fact that they have discretion when they make their decisions, and we don't want to overly constrain the Fair Work Commission in terms of what they have to consider and what they can't consider. We're setting a principle for the commission to be governed or guided by, then it's a matter for the commission to interpret the particular facts of a case.
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