Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

No. Claims made by bargaining representatives during enterprise agreement negotiations are a matter for the parties involved.

The good faith bargaining requirements of the Fair Work Act 2009 do not require parties to agree to all claims presented during bargaining as terms to be included in an enterprise agreement.