Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As I believe I also indicated yesterday, the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations is intending to issue a discussion paper on the operation of the enterprise bargaining system in 2020. The object of that is to consider ways in which enterprise agreements can be made and approved in a faster and more simple way. As with all other discussion papers, the views of stakeholders, employees, employers and representative organisations will be sought and will be considered before any decisions are made. This government, as I also indicated yesterday, recognises that an effective industrial relations system should strive to balance the needs of both employees and employers. That is why the Prime Minister has asked the Attorney-General, in his capacity as Minister for Industrial Relations, to take a look at the system.