Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

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

There is not a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer to your question, as the Australian Government’s 2012 Annual Wage Review submission was a government submission.

Although the submission was jointly drafted by DEEWR and the Treasury in consultation with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, my office in consultation with the Office of the Treasurer and the Prime Minister’s office had the responsibility to ensure the submission fully reflected a whole of Government view.