28th Nov 2019, 10:14 AM – Senate Business - Rearrangement - Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by WA Senator Mathias Cormann (Liberal), which means it succeeded.

Motion text

That a motion to provide for the consideration of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate, namely:

That—

(1) the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 be called on immediately and have precedence over all other business, except as follows:

(a) at 11.45 am:

(i) the giving of notices of motion,

(ii) tabling and consideration of the Selection of Bills Committee report, and

(iii) placing of business;

(b) at 2 pm, questions, followed by

(c) consideration of the notices of motion proposing the disallowance of the Quality of Care Amendment (Minimising the Use of Restraints) Principles 2019 standing in the names of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances (Senator Fierravanti-Wells) and Senator McKim, for not more than 30 minutes, and the question on the motions shall then be put.

(2) If consideration of the bill listed in paragraph (1) is not completed by 4.30 pm, the questions on all remaining stages shall then be put.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142.

(4) Divisions may take place after 4.30 pm for the purposes of the bill only and after conclusion of consideration of the bill, the Senate shall return to the routine of business.