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

Sometimes I suggest that Senator Conroy's behaviour in this place is 'interesting'—it does not mean that I condone his behaviour or support his behaviour.

Senator Day has not put a formal submission to us. But, as we are duty-bound as a government to do, we will consider any submission, give it due consideration, and respond at an appropriate time. But, as I have indicated to the honourable senator, the government is committed to ensuring that the wages are determined in this country not by the government but by the Fair Work Commission, and that was one of the principled positions we took in relation to the cleaning standards that I removed just before the end of the financial year.