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

Well, unless Senator Watt is talking to the shaman, he definitely had not seen, in questioning yesterday, the front page of the Australian. I accept that you take advice from shamans, spiritual healers, magicians, dog walkers and dog trainers regarding costings for your regulatory impact statement. But, again, I didn't put the front page of the Australian to Minister Watt last night, unless we were sitting at 1 am, which I don't believe we were. So, again, regarding the front page of the Australian, on the issues raised by Mike Henry on behalf of BHP, which have also been raised on behalf of Rio Tinto, the evidence that was given in relation to the rationale behind the government carving out the civil construction industry from multi-employer bargaining was that there is a high use of enterprise bargaining agreements. As I said, Mike Henry, on behalf of BHP, would argue there is a very high use of enterprise agreements in the mining and resources industry on the East coast. Why did the government ignore the concerns of those industries when it was prepared to carve out the civil construction industry?