Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

The government will be opposing this amendment. The JobMaker hiring credit will be supported by a number of processes to enable the making and handling of complaints. These processes are not required to be included in the rules to be effective and their inclusion would have the potential to create conflicts with other areas of legislation and may be seen as in fact limiting potential existing avenues for the making and handling of complaints.

An important element of consideration here is that we are talking about normal employment arrangements for employees. Yes, we are creating an incentive to get more young Australians employed as a result of this reform. That's an important part of the reform that is being put in place. However, all of the ordinary practices and processes of the Fair Work Act and the operations of the Fair Work Ombudsman for the receipt of complaints will continue. In terms of the administration of the credits themselves, those are matters that the Australian tax office will be able to manage and monitor. They have their own tip-off line available to report any illegal behaviours or behaviours of concern.