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

The advice I've received is that if a person wanted to access that leave entitlement they would need to—sorry to use legal terminology—provide the level of evidence that a reasonable person would expect, if they're asked to provide that evidence. That's the technical explanation. But, in a sense, that's similar to a claim for sick leave or any other form of leave where an employee needs to at least disclose a reason for their request for leave. There's no requirement under the legislation to produce photographic or other evidence. And I would certainly hope that employers treat these requests with respect and that if an employee were to make a request and explain that they are experiencing family or domestic violence then an employer would agree to that request. But of course people would need to make that request, and it's implicit in that that they are saying that they have experienced domestic violence.