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

Senator Cash, as you would be aware, the concepts that are set out in that amendment—that the commission would need to consider the substance and the true nature—are well-understood terms in employment law, and it would be incumbent on the Fair Work Commission to apply the general meaning as they have determined it in many cases. They would be required to apply that in this case as well.