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:

(1) The Fair Work Act Review report was provided to the Minister on 15 June 2012 and publicly released on 2 August 2012. Neither the Minister, his office or the Department provided any background or excerpts from the report to the author of the article. The Minister is not concerned about the media article. The Minister notes no recommendations from the Review Panel’s report are extracted in the article.

(2) On 25 June 2012 the report was unclassified and awaiting public release.