Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise under standing order 191 to make an explanation. In his closing contribution, Senator Abetz just referred to a contribution I made in the second reading debate and sought to misrepresent what I had said. Clearly, the fair pay minimum standard, which is of course the lowest pay standard under Work Choices, only applies to employees who are covered by the Work Choices legislation. He tried to misrepresent what I said in my speech in the second reading debate which is that, in terms of the independent contractors legislation, minimum pay does not apply. In fact, under the independent contractors legislation, if you are deemed to be a contractor—