Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012:

What is the cost of the Minister ' s intervention in the Fair Work Australia Modern Awards Review.

Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, is entitled under Section 597, Subsection 1, of the Fair Work Act 2009 to make a submission for consideration in relation to a matter before Fair Work Australia (FWA) if the matter is before a Full Bench and it is in the public interest for the Minister to make a submission.

The Australian Government has provided several submissions to Fair Work Australia's Modern Awards Review. Each submission has been prepared by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The department does not keep records that would allow us to cost the preparation of these submissions.