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12th Jan 2024
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Date for next consideration
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
7th Dec 2023, 4:46 PM – Representatives Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Provisions not for this Bill
Summary
EditThe majority voted against amendments introduced by Bradfield MP Paul Fletcher (Liberal), which means they failed.
Amendment text
(1) Senate amendment (1), subparagraph (b)(vi), omit the subparagraph, substitute:
(va) Part 6 (closing the labour hire loophole);
(vi) Part 7 (workplace delegates' rights);
(2) Senate amendment (1), subparagraph (b)(xi), after the subparagraph, insert:
(xia) Part 14A (amendments relating to mediation and conciliation conference orders made under section 448A of the Fair Work Act 2009);
(3) Senate amendment (3) (proposed new table items 7, 8 and 20A in subclause 2(1) of the Bill), omit the table items.
(4) Senate amendment (9) (proposed new Divisions 3, 4 and 6 of Part 15 of the Fair Work Act 2009), omit the Divisions.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (75% turnout) | 0 Yes – 3 No | |
| Adam Bandt Melbourne | No | |
| Stephen Bates Brisbane | No | |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan | No | |
| Max Chandler-Mather Griffith | Absent | |
| Australian Labor Party (89% turnout) | 0 Yes – 68 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | No | |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Matt Burnell Spence | No | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Alison Byrnes Cunningham | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Andrew Charlton Parramatta | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Mary Doyle Aston | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Cassandra Fernando Holt | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Carina Garland Chisholm | No | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | No | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | No | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Tania Lawrence Hasluck | No | |
| Jerome Laxale Bennelong | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | No | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
| Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Sam Rae Hawke | No | |
| Gordon Reid Robertson | No | |
| Dan Repacholi Hunter | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Tracey Roberts Pearce | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Marion Scrymgour Lingiari | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Sally Sitou Reid | No | |
| David Smith Bean | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Absent | |
| Sam Lim Tangney | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash Independent | Yes | |
| Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | Yes | |
| Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare Independent | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Monique Ryan Kooyong Independent | Yes | |
| Allegra Spender Wentworth Independent | Yes | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Yes | |
| Kylea Tink North Sydney Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Dai Le Fowler Independent | Absent | |
| Sophie Scamps Mackellar Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (78% turnout) | 7 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Colin Boyce Flynn | Yes | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Yes | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Yes | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Yes | |
| Andrew Willcox Dawson | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Cameron Caldwell Fadden | Absent | |
| Henry Pike Bowman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (67% turnout) | 22 Yes – 0 No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| David Coleman Banks | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Jenny Ware Hughes | Yes | |
| Keith Wolahan Menzies | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Aaron Violi Casey | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| National Party (67% turnout) | 8 Yes – 0 No | |
| Sam Birrell Nicholls | Yes | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (80% turnout) | 48 Yes – 72 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.