Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Not to my knowledge, Senator Hanson. But I think that the focus and the important thing for smaller businesses to understand is that for cooperative work places, which is where we think small businesses would more than likely end up, it's entirely voluntary. It allows small businesses to opt in to an agreement without having to incur the costs of negotiating it. It gives them access to the benefits of bargaining for productivity, simplicity and flexibility that currently only bigger businesses can access. That is what we feel will be appropriate, and we think that would also be cost-effective at the same time.