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

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (18:04): I can't explain why the Law Council chose to express that view. I certainly don't recall, as the former minister on this portfolio, talking about this as a loophole. Certainly, we have talked about some of our previous legislation as closing loopholes, such as same job, same pay and such as the fact that there were no minimum rates for gig workers et cetera, but I couldn't explain why the Law Council have said that.