Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I have some additional information for the chamber in response to questions I took on notice from Senator Lambie last week relating to family and domestic violence leave. I did write to Senator Lambie providing those answers at the end of last week, but I thought I should update the chamber as well.

The Albanese Labor government believes that workers experiencing family and domestic violence should never have to choose between their safety and their wages. Our bill to parliament delivers a paid family and domestic violence leave entitlement to over 11 million employees in Australia, including casuals. This is a necessary and fair entitlement in line with Fair Work Commission recommendations. This entitlement applies to all national system employees. I table my response to Senator Lambie.