Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. I beg the Senate’s indulgence. I have a series of questions, but, as I said, this is an extremely complicated piece of legislation that affects many Australians and in the current economic climate will unfortunately affect a lot more. I really want to make sure that we get an understanding of this legislation.

I now want to turn to the amount of the penalties for no show, no pay and reconnection failures. Can you explain the difference between the two and why they are different? I am just clarifying the no show, no pay penalty and reconnection failures and why those penalties are different. Explain the difference and why there is a difference.