Download Fragment

Thursday, 24 November 2011
Page: 9559

Senator JACINTA COLLINS (Victoria—Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) (16:37): I will commence with the last part of the senator's question, because I covered that in my earlier comments. The duties in clause 19(4), which the opposition is seeking to amend to include a reference to control, only apply where the person conducting the business undertaking has management or control of the accommodation. I think that point is fairly clear.

There are perhaps two components to the answer on the other point that Senator Abetz makes. The first is that these provisions reflect, as I stressed, the model act. This is the act that is being introduced in states and territories. I accept his point that when they were first agreed there was a different composition of governments in those states, but the ones that are being delivered in those states are consistent with the measures being included here. On the second component: perhaps I could stress that Senator Abetz obviously takes issue with the recommendations of the national review, which, as I mentioned earlier, the government has accepted in the framing of the current bill.