Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Lambie. I'm happy to come back to you, on notice, Senator Lambie, as to how many submissions we've received so far. I think what you generally would find in government consultation processes is that the number of submissions received increases as you get closer to the deadline, so it wouldn't surprise me if we hadn't had a huge number up until now and if that number were to increase in the run up to it.

But I do reject the suggestion that we haven't attempted to involve people in this. As I say, there is consultation occurring. That has been advertised. I'm happy to provide you with the details about what was done to advertise it to individuals, but certainly there is consultation going on with the very types of groups that you've mentioned—and so there should be. We want to make sure that, as I say, the views of workers, the views of injured people, the views of unions and the views of employers are heard in this review. That's why there is a consultation process that's occurring over a number of weeks, and there's still an opportunity for people to be involved if they'd like to be.