Ms Catherine Bond:

I cannot answer that. That is part of public service pay agreements. Certainly, it is very much around what the Senator mentioned himself, namely public recognition. Social workers work in different fields. For example, medical social workers work with families at times of great distress and illness. One also has social workers engaged with children in care and child protection social work, which can be very complex. Social workers may work with families to protect children, which can mean removing the child from the family. That can be contentious.