Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that answer, but I hate to tell you that tonight we're actually discussing your legislation, not something that I did or did not do when we were in government. You would recall that this is actually your legislation from the Rudd-Gillard years which you are now amending, because you've decided that it failed Australia and Australians.

I just want to confirm about the answer you've just given: what you've said to the employers of Australia is that the government, other than saying that the act itself does not specify each detail that the Fair Work Commission has to take into account, is actually unable to provide any further guidance. You have not bothered to provide an amendment to set out that guidance so that employers who are negotiating these agreements understand what is meant by 'marginal improvement'.