Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I think I have put on record the government’s position in relation to this issue. I have gone through the sections of both the award modernisation request and the bill that we believe deal with this issue. Of course this government want to ensure that there is a reduction in the gender pay gap. We recognise that the previous government’s laws have not been good for many working women in terms of their paid work and we believe that the provisions to which I have referred deal with that. I have also flagged to you that further consideration of this issue will occur in the context of the substantive legislation.

Question negatived.