Senator MARGETTS(1.30 p.m.) —I endorse the comments made by Senator Lundy in relation to these issues. What has become clear here is that the Australian Democrats are supporting the repeal of sections 127A, B and C, but that, in fact, is that dotted line which never gets passed amongst all the Democrat-government amendments—that is, even getting close to existing provisions. Things are changing anyway and we are beginning to see that there is the need to address collusive conduct in relation to private individual contractors. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that we as a chamber deal with this issue.

Quite clearly there is no crossing of the dotted line. Many of the provisions in the bill are getting worse but, in this particular case, there is no intention at all to address some of the real problems that exist in the workplace and to improve them. Let it not be said at the end of this bill that there has been anything in the Democrat-government amendments which has gone to improving the lot for workers, because the very most that has happened, as we have seen here, is that some of the existing provisions have been retained but not improved.