Senator WONG (Minister for Climate Change and Water) (6:11 PM) —I will make a couple of points. First, what we have in the EM is the award modernisation request. You would be aware, as you have been interested in these issues for some time, and certainly Senator Murray has, that we would envisage that this award modernisation process would take—

Senator Abetz interjecting—

Senator WONG —I am actually talking to the cross benches at the moment—I talk to Senator Marshall regularly, Senator Abetz. This is commencing the award modernisation process. I appreciate where you are coming from but you are asking me to tell you what substantive rights apply to instruments which do not yet exist in terms of variation rights. I have indicated to you that my understanding is that these are issues which will be considered and addressed in the context of the development of the substantive bill. If I have any further information, we will come back to you.