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

Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (19:24): I would be interested in you providing those figures and the basis for that assessment, thank you. Did the government make any assessments or considerations as to whether this bill would accelerate consolidation towards big business in our country, leaving small-business operators unable to compete, effectively throwing their hands up in the air, unable to take any more?

The TEMPORARY CHAIR ( Senator O'Sullivan ): Before I give the call to the minister, I remind the chamber that we have about four minutes left before adjournment.