Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for her answer. Would the minister agree that this issue falls broadly within the Rudd government objectives of attempting to address and reduce conflicting or inconsistent regulation for corporations across different state and territory boundaries? Does the minister agree that for a Tasmanian worker, for instance, who is an older worker flying in and flying out from Western Australia to a different WorkCover regime it does pose some challenges when they are shifting from one expectation of how they will be treated to another? Could the minister perhaps indicate to the Senate whether this is the sort of topic that could be taken to the Council of Australian Governments—not to provide a national scheme but to provide a harmonised and more consistent regime for the workers and employers of Australia?