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

I note that in deciding whether employers in this stream have clearly identifiable common interests, the Fair Work Commission must consider whether the employers are substantially funded, directly or indirectly, by the Commonwealth, a state or a territory. Is the chamber to take this to mean that if the Fair Work Commission is unsure whether there is a clearly identifiable common interest between the employers, that if the employers are not substantially funded directly or indirectly by the government, the Fair Work Commission should err on the side of not granting the authorisation?