Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience) Share this | Hansard source

I am sure that the Deputy Prime Minister wants businesses in this country to operate legally and under the law. We want to make sure that we have rewarding, sustainable careers not just in the mining industry, Senator Ayres, but right across the economy in regional Australia, and for people, local workers, to be paid correctly and fairly for the work that they do.

That is why, under your Fair Work system, we've done the changes that we have been able to get through in this particular period of government. But we want to make sure that employees are protected, that they are having rewarding careers.