Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. So—to make it even more clear for Senator Birmingham and Senator Cash—the closing loopholes bill gives service contractors a clear pathway for demonstrating that their arrangements are not those the government aims to address with this measure.

But let's be clear about what this is about. We have a coalition who cannot get over the fact that low wages are not the deliberate design feature of the economic policy of an Australian government.

Opposition senators interjecting—