Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Once again this highlights the rubbery nature of the figures that have been submitted to us about what the harmonisation will actually do, because it is all premised on increased productivity and costs being saved by a genuinely harmonised regime. But here we have the two very significant jurisdictions of Western Australia and Victoria not giving an indication at this stage as to when they might sign up in relation to the 11 codes that have been agreed by seven jurisdictions.

In relation to those 11 codes that have been agreed by the seven jurisdictions, can we be advised as to what dates those codes were finally made available to the community? I do not need all the specific dates, necessarily, unless you have them, but I ask how much time have the various sectors been given to make the changes, because, as I understand it, there is one within the building and construction sector that is only going to be released some time later next month. Could this be confirmed: past the half-way mark in December yet it is to apply as of 1 January?