Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

All points to the opposition for trying, but, when it isn't material to the substance of this bill, I do have to question why it does get raised. But I do understand that there is a pitch out there in the community to try to paint Australia as the most unequal society in the world and that it's all because of this government. I guess that all fits into the arguments, the dog whistles and the catch cries of the opposition in trying to defeat this sort of legislation.

In conclusion, in the words of the Fair Work Commission, 'No one single measure will fix this oversight,' but the package of measures in this bill will go some way to combatting some of the most serious worker exploitation in this country. In commending the bill to the Senate, I want to also pay tribute to the work of my colleague Senator Bridget McKenzie, as the chair of the legislation committee that inquired into this bill, and the proposals that her committee report made. I commend the bill to the Senate.