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

It is a hypothetical proposition that you are putting to me. In terms of a single interest test, if an employer does not want to bargain for a single interest multi-enterprise agreement there are factors the Fair Work Commission must be satisfied of before granting an authorisation, such as the majority of employees must want to bargain; if the business is in a franchise, the business is reasonably comparable with other businesses to be covered by the agreement and the employers have clearly identifiable common interests; and it is not contrary to the public interest. Again, that's a level of information for you. But I won't answer the hypothetical situation that you're putting to me.