Division Description Changes — Bills — Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019; in Committee — 28th Nov 2019

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senate vote 2019-11-28#10 Edited by mackay staff on 2020-04-24 11:30:27	Title Bills — Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019; in Committee Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Amendments Description <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p> The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-11-28.143.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Jacqui Lanbie](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jacqui_lambie), which means they failed. ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill was [introduced in order to](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6348): * include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations; *** establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation; * allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person; * allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds; * expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation; * expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme; * introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and * make minor and technical amendments.**

<p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-11-28.143.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Jacqui Lanbie](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jacqui_lambie), which means they failed.
### What is the bill's main idea?
The bill was [introduced in order to](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6348):
* *include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations;*
* *establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation;*
* *allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person;*
* *allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds;*
* *expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation;*
* *expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme;*
* *introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and*
* *make minor and technical amendments.*