House debates

Monday, 21 November 2011

Bills

Police Overseas Service (Territories of Papua and New Guinea) Medal Bill 2011; First Reading

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

An employee's entitlement to join a union is protected under the provisions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

Union membership is a matter between an employee and their union.

Employees of NBN Co Limited are under no obligation to disclose if they are a union member, or to which unions they belong.

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