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

I am advised that that is the case, but again that's not anything new. It's always been the case that someone could be treated as an employee for a workplace relations purpose under federal workplace relations laws but be treated as an independent contractor under tax laws. The only change here is that we are changing the definition of 'employee' and 'employment'. The idea that there are different definitions for workplace relations laws purposes and tax purposes is nothing new.