Senate debates

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Bills

Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; In Committee

11:34 am

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

'We are confident there are no gaps' is going to come back to bite you, because we're about to work through 74 gaps. It's going to be a long afternoon. Again, I'm going to have to ask you—and, again, I have no problems with someone giving you the advice. You have said, 'We are confident there are no gaps.' I'm going to go back to the first one. With respect to employers within the building and construction industry, can the minister detail what powers were available—not the Fair Work Commission, not any other body—to the Fair Work Ombudsman to take action in relation to industrial action or threats thereof on a site, and other unrelated or related sites, if all subcontractors did not have a union endorsed enterprise bargaining agreement and was this a power available to the ABCC?

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