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

Thank you. I am sorry, I missed one question. I go back to the specific thing about three triggers rather than six for no show, no pay triggering a CCA. The minister, in a previous answer, tried to explain the fact that a CCA would not necessarily result in an eight-week non-payment period. I recognise that, but there is a potential, by the very nature of CCAs, that that can result in an eight-week non-payment period. The trigger is now half of what was proposed. We have already said there is an expectation that there will be more CCAs and we have already discussed the fact that there will be an independent review in a year, but to me a year seems a long time to wait if the CCAs result in a large number of eight-week non-payment periods. Does the government intend to actually review that prior to the year’s review? And, if it is found that there is in fact an increase in the number of eight-week non-payment periods, does the government intend to look at any possible remedy to that situation?