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

No, I can't, and that's because under the existing legislation no government has directed the Fair Work Commission as to what better off overall is. That is a matter that is left to the discretion of the Fair Work Commission. Your government and, indeed, former governments that've made provision for the better off overall test have ultimately left that to be a decision of the Fair Work Commission. No previous government has ever said better off overall means five per cent better, 10 per cent better, two per cent better, not one per cent worse. It has been left to the discretion of the commission and that's what we're doing here.