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

Unfortunately that answer is going to create great confusion tonight across Australia to employers who actually are listening in to this. This is the one section of questions that they are asking for answers to. You have said in your legislation three conditions for identifying a potential common interest: geographical location, the regulatory regime, and the nature of the enterprise and the terms and conditions of employment in those enterprises. You have now said, 'These are simply examples,' which now begs the question, given that is actually written in the legislation: what other examples are we now talking about for employers across Australia who, as I said, are listening in tonight?