Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

I have indicated to Senator Siewert that, whilst we have some sympathy for the issues she is trying to address here, on balance we will not be supporting the amendment. I would refer Senator Siewert to the commitments contained in Labor’s Forward with Fairness policy, which deals with redundancy provisions and addresses most of the concerns she is seeking to deal with in this amendment.