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11th Nov 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Small business
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
10th Nov 2022, 12:24 PM – Representatives Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Mackellar MP amendments
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of disagreeing with amendments introduced by Mackellar MP Sophie Scamps (Independent), which means they failed.
What do the amendments do?
Dr Scamps explained that:
I have moved these amendments to protect small businesses and to reduce the risk that they will be impacted unnecessarily. I do this by removing the uncertainty associated with the common-interest test and raising the bar in regard to the public interest test. Importantly, I seek to remove part 3, the abolishment of the ABCC, which has been a political football with each change of government. I also seek to protect small business by updating and clarifying the common-interest test and also flipping the public interest test to be defined as 'in the public interest', not merely 'contrary to the public interest'. Finally, I move to amend the definition of the small business exemption to be based on 15 full-time-equivalent employees, not merely employees under the current definition of small business.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Adam Bandt Melbourne | Yes | |
| Stephen Bates Brisbane | Yes | |
| Max Chandler-Mather Griffith | Yes | |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (95% turnout) | 72 Yes – 0 No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Yes | |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Matt Burnell Spence | Yes | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Alison Byrnes Cunningham | Yes | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Yes | |
| Andrew Charlton Parramatta | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Cassandra Fernando Holt | Yes | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Yes | |
| Carina Garland Chisholm | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Yes | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Yes | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Yes | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Yes | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Yes | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Yes | |
| Tania Lawrence Hasluck | Yes | |
| Jerome Laxale Bennelong | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Yes | |
| Sam Lim Tangney | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | Yes | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Yes | |
| Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | Yes | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Yes | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Sam Rae Hawke | Yes | |
| Gordon Reid Robertson | Yes | |
| Dan Repacholi Hunter | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Tracey Roberts Pearce | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Marion Scrymgour Lingiari | Yes | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| Sally Sitou Reid | Yes | |
| David Smith Bean | Yes | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | Yes | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Yes | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Yes | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | Yes | |
| Monique Ryan Kooyong Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | Yes | |
| Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | No | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Dai Le Fowler Independent | No | |
| Sophie Scamps Mackellar Independent | No | |
| Allegra Spender Wentworth Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Kylea Tink North Sydney Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Yes | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 8 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | No | |
| Colin Boyce Flynn | No | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | No | |
| Henry Pike Bowman | No | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | No | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | No | |
| Andrew Willcox Dawson | No | |
| Terry Young Longman | No | |
| Liberal Party (81% turnout) | 0 Yes – 29 No | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | No | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| David Coleman Banks | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | No | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| James Stevens Sturt | No | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | No | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Aaron Violi Casey | No | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | No | |
| Keith Wolahan Menzies | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Absent | |
| Jenny Ware Hughes | Absent | |
| National Party (85% turnout) | 0 Yes – 11 No | |
| Sam Birrell Nicholls | No | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | No | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | No | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | No | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | No | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | No | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | No | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | No | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (90% turnout) | 80 Yes – 56 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.