Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz, as you would be aware, explaining differences in Australia's workplace relations system across jurisdictions and across various issues does not always lead to a consistent outcome. But the government has consistently said that the purpose of this particular bill is to extend the existing transfer of business protections in the Fair Work Act to certain former state public sector employees where there is a transfer of business from their old state employer to the employer in the national workplace relations system. If Senator Abetz wishes to propose that the government deal with all employees within potential jurisdictional scope, perhaps that is something it could consider.