George Campbell (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Temporary Chairman, I rise on a point of order. I do not mind the minister berating me or taking issue with the questions I ask but, if he is going to make personal attacks, I am quite happy to stand here and return the personal attacks if that is what the minister wants. Minister, if that is the way you want to conduct yourself in debate, I am quite happy to accommodate you. I am well aware of the fact that they have to get a guardian’s approval to sign it, but I am asking you: what do they do and how do they remedy it? Not every 16-year-old’s guardian is a legal person, has legal qualifications, understands the Workplace Relations Act and understands the employee-employer relationship. So the question is still valid irrespective of whether they are aged 16 years or 18 years and one day. The point is this: what do they do if they are told by the workplace director that their agreement is unfair? What steps do they take to seek to remedy that unfairness?