Sue Boyce (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to the impact of regulation 144, which he recently signed, imposing a financial burden of over $500 million on up to 316 Queensland community welfare organisations for back pay for which they have not been funded. Given that the Queensland Red Cross division will have a back pay liability likely to total between $4 million and $5 million, which services should the Australian Red Cross no longer provide due to the minister's burdensome regulation?