Senate debates Questions on Notice
Fair Work Australia (Question No. 2521)
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:
Did the Government submission to Fair Work Australia on penalty rates go to Cabinet; if so, on what date
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:
I thank the Senator for his question, however, as is consistent with long standing custom and practice, what is considered by Cabinet is a matter for the Government.