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senate vote 2017-12-04#2
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Bills — Fair Work Amendment (Repeal of 4 Yearly Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2017; in Committee- Fair Work Amendment (Repeal of 4 Yearly Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Agree with the bill
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<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>The question is that the bill, as amended, be agreed to.</p><p class="italic"> <i>Senator Collins did not vote, to compensate for a vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Nash.</i></p>- The majority voted to agree with the bill as amended, which means they now have to vote on [whether to pass it in its new form](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2017-12-04/3).
- There was one rebel in this division with One Nation Senator [Fraser Anning](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/fraser_anning) (Qld) [crossing the floor](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/crossing-the-floor.html) to vote against the rest of his party.
- ### What does the bill do?
- The main purpose of the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5822) it to "*repeal the requirement for the [Fair Work Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Work_Commission) (FWC) to conduct four-yearly reviews of modern awards from the beginning of 1 January 2018*", though it makes other changes as well. Read more about the bill and the reasons it was introduced in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd115).
<p class="italic"> <i>Senator Canavan did not vote, to compensate for a vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Kakoschke-Moore.</i></p><p class="italic"> <i>Senator Brown did not vote, to compensate for a vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Parry.</i></p>
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