Division Description Changes — Bills — Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail — 11th May 2023

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representatives vote 2023-05-11#4 Edited by mackay staff on 2023-08-11 07:17:48	Title Bills — Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Review timeline Description ~~<p class="speaker">Sussan Ley</p>~~ ~~<p>I move amendment (4) as circulated in my name:</p>~~ ~~<p class="italic">(4) Schedule 1, item 37, page 18 (line 4), omit "2 years", substitute "12 months".</p>~~ ~~<p>The coalition is moving these amendments to alter the time line under which a review into the operation of the act must commence and to ensure a geographical spread of appointees.</p>~~ <p>In this legislation as it stands, the minister is not required to commence a review into the operation of this act until the end of a two-year period. This would allow the minister to avoid scrutiny into the success or failures of Jobs and Skills Australia until after the next election. This is not appropriate. This was a key pillar of the government's election platform. The government must commit to commencing a review and finalising it prior to the next election. Jobs and Skills Australia was a foundational piece of the campaign which saw the government brought to office. It is crucial that the Australian public are able to assess the failures and success of the government's delivery on its promise. I move these amendments with the intent of allowing them of allowing them to do exactly that.</p> ~~<p class="speaker">Brendan O'Connor</p>~~ <p>Consistent with our approach on other matters and after speaking with stakeholders, we can't accede to the request by the opposition to support this amendment. We oppose the amendment and, as I said earlier, we really wanted to see the opposition support this new body, but clearly, with the amendments it's seeking to make, it wants to undermine the objects of the very important body that's been established by the government. We can't support the amendment.</p> ~~<p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that the amendment moved by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-05-11.132.1) introduced by Farrer MP [Sussan Ley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/farrer/sussan_ley) (Liberal), which means it failed. ### What do these amendments do? Ms Farrer [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-05-11.132.1): *> The coalition is moving these amendments to alter the time line under which a review into the operation of the act must commence an*d to ensure a geographical spread of appointees. ### Amendment text > (4) Schedule 1, item 37, page 18 (line 4), omit "2 years", substitute "12 months".

~~Sussan Ley~~
~~I move amendment (4) as circulated in my name:~~
~~(4) Schedule 1, item 37, page 18 (line 4), omit "2 years", substitute "12 months".~~
~~The coalition is moving these amendments to alter the time line under which a review into the operation of the act must commence and to ensure a geographical spread of appointees.~~
In this legislation as it stands, the minister is not required to commence a review into the operation of this act until the end of a two-year period. This would allow the minister to avoid scrutiny into the success or failures of Jobs and Skills Australia until after the next election. This is not appropriate. This was a key pillar of the government's election platform. The government must commit to commencing a review and finalising it prior to the next election. Jobs and Skills Australia was a foundational piece of the campaign which saw the government brought to office. It is crucial that the Australian public are able to assess the failures and success of the government's delivery on its promise. I move these amendments with the intent of allowing them of allowing them to do exactly that.
~~Brendan O'Connor~~
Consistent with our approach on other matters and after speaking with stakeholders, we can't accede to the request by the opposition to support this amendment. We oppose the amendment and, as I said earlier, we really wanted to see the opposition support this new body, but clearly, with the amendments it's seeking to make, it wants to undermine the objects of the very important body that's been established by the government. We can't support the amendment.
~~Milton Dick~~
~~The question is that the amendment moved by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.~~
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The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-05-11.132.1) introduced by Farrer MP [Sussan Ley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/farrer/sussan_ley) (Liberal), which means it failed.
### What do these amendments do?
Ms Farrer [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-05-11.132.1):
> *The coalition is moving these amendments to alter the time line under which a review into the operation of the act must commence and to ensure a geographical spread of appointees.*
### Amendment text
> *(4) Schedule 1, item 37, page 18 (line 4), omit "2 years", substitute "12 months".*