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

Depending on exactly what you're trying to establish, Senator Cash, there obviously is the provision in the bill that exempts businesses with under 20 employees from being, in your words, compelled to be part of a single-interest bargain.

There are a lot of employers that are quite happy to do this, is the other point worth observing, and there are a lot of employees who are quite happy to do this. There are a lot of people who don't need to be compelled to do anything, because they choose to undertake bargaining with their employees. Probably the simplest answer is to just refer you back to the thresholds that I've already discussed.