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

I'm advised—and, again, this has been in the public domain—that the amendment that says that employers who employ fewer than 20 employees must not be added to a single-interest employer agreement or authorisation without their agreement was a recommendation of the Senate inquiry. In fact, I think you were involved in the Senate inquiry, Senator Cash, so you'd be familiar with that. I understand that the amendment in relation to the statutory review was also a recommendation of the Senate inquiry. I don't think it's any secret that most of the amendments have resulted from negotiations with Senator David Pocock. And, again, I don't think it's any secret that amendments in relation to flexible work are a result of negotiations with the Greens.