Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (11:19): In terms of what I just said, it's really about stating the principle that has always existed, which is that parties can make applications to the commission to vary awards. We're saying that that ability for a party to make an application to the commission to vary an award applies now in relation to this point, just as it has always applied.