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representatives vote 2019-12-04#6
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Motions — Morrison Government- Motions - Morrison Government - Abandon anti-worker legislation
Description
<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question now is that the motion moved by the Leader of the Opposition be agreed to.</p> - The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2019-12-04.8.1) introduced by Opposition Leader and MP for Grayndler [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the House:*
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- > *(1) notes that:*
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- >> *(a) wages growth is at record lows under this seven-year-old government;*
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- >> *(b) the Reserve Bank has declared that "lower wage rises have become the new normal";*
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- >> *(c) the Finance Minister has said that low wages is a "deliberate design feature" of the Government's economic policies;*
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- >> *(d) the Parliament rejected the Government's original bill attacking working Australians just days ago;*
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- >> *(e) the Government is continuing its attack on the very people that work to deliver wage rises for Australians;*
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- >> *(f) the Government has a tactic where it first seeks to attack the organisations that defend workers' pay and conditions, and secondly will then directly attack the pay and conditions of workers; and*
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- >> *(g) this is another example of the Prime Minister's arrogance and hubris; and*
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- > *(2) therefore, calls on this Prime Minister to listen to the Parliament, stop being so stubborn and abandon his anti-worker legislation. *
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