Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. As the member opposite would be aware, more than two million businesses are actually exempt from the single-interest stream bargaining system—90 per cent of all Australian businesses, that is. He would also know, as I said earlier, that many businesses already incur costs and that many businesses are already covered by their employer peak organisation. He would also be aware that our expectation is that most small businesses would be in the cooperative stream, where they can use off-the-shelf agreements.

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