Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question, given the minister would not confirm that there would be no increased cost to employers. Is the minister aware of representations from agricultural and country show societies, whose core trading times are almost exclusively on weekends, that the government’s award rationalisation has the potential to effectively destroy hundreds of shows, thousands of jobs and millions in turnover for them? Will the government take the same action to protect agricultural and country shows by recognising core trading times, as it did for the restaurant and catering sector?