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

It's just not the case that there is any intention for those sorts of outcomes from the legislation that is before this parliament and upon which a committee will report in a few weeks time. This chamber will have its opportunity at that stage to debate and to pursue. But our intention is fully that there will be more jobs and more job opportunities, and, from that, better security for Australians into the future. We want to make sure that, through this, there are the maximum incentives for new jobs to be created for Australians—on greenfield sites, for example, where there have long been concerns about the operation of the system. What's distressing is that those opposite have decided to check themselves out of the debate completely in favour of a scare campaign. They've said, 'We're voting against this bill holus-bolus, even the parts that the trade union movement have argued for.' They're not even going to vote for tougher penalties on wage theft. It's remarkable to think that that is the case. (Time expired)