Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

It is an interesting proposition that the union movement appears no longer happy to have a minimum salary level or the award. That is no longer satisfactory, because the union movement now says, ‘Don’t worry about the award; we want market rates.’ Forget an understanding that getting a market rate is by the market setting the rate, not by an award or an MSL. We have a skill requirement here and a salary requirement. People are required to follow that. If they do not follow that—