Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Central to the code is the requirement that those who want to do taxpayer-funded work must comply with the law—nothing too radical there—including industrial laws dealing with pay and entitlements and occupational health and safety. If an employer is guilty of underpaying their workers or of committing safety breaches, the company puts at risk its ability to do work funded by the Commonwealth.

Senator Cameron interjecting—