Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to amend what has been proposed so that the objects of the act will read: ‘Achieving productivity and fairness through an emphasis on enterprise-level and/or workplace-level collective bargaining underpinned by simple good faith bargaining obligations and clear rules governing industrial action.’ I think that puts the emphasis where it needs to be, on workplace and enterprise. I think it reaches a good compromise. The objects are very important. I do not think we should not look at these things. It is important that we get the balance right between workplace level and enterprise level. They are two different things. Having that emphasis upfront allows everybody to interpret it through those eyes all the way through. I move:

Omit “workplace-level”, substitute “enterprise-level or workplace-level”.