Senate debates Questions on Notice
Fair Work Australia (Question No. 2519)
Eric Abetz Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012:
Will the Government intervene in the case General Manager of Fair Work Australia v Craig Thomson; if not, why not.
Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation
The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
These proceedings arise from the General Manager's investigation into the national office of the Health Services Union, which concluded in March 2012.
This is a matter for the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, her legal advisers and ultimately for the Court. Additional Commonwealth involvement is unwarranted.