Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What we have said, and we have said it continually, is that there is a request under section 576C(1), award modernisation. It sets out perfectly logically what the minister must seek to do in an award modernisation request. It is to be read in conjunction with part 10A of the act. It deals with objects. It deals with the creation of modern awards, which is not intended to disadvantage employees or increase costs for employers. For all intents and purposes, it is very plain about what it sets out to do. That exists now under the current workplace relations legislation and it will continue to exist under the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009.