Michael Forshaw (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Dorothy is a dinosaur like you, isn’t she? Can the minister confirm reports that the National Water Commissioner, Mr Peter Corish, is under investigation for failing to lodge Australian workplace agreements made with his employees? Is it true that Mr Corish’s failure to properly register the AWAs was only discovered after one employee, Mr Brett Goodwin, complained to the Office of Workplace Services about underpayment of wages and was told that the agreement he had signed was never officially lodged? Is it also the case that Mr Goodwin is claiming lost wages of $71,000 while employed by Mr Corish under his phantom AWA? I ask the minister: what penalties apply to employers who fail to lodge agreements in the manner required under workplace law and what message does it send to other employers when government officials do not understand their obligations under workplace law?