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senate vote 2020-05-14#2
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Title
Motions — Jobkeeper Payment- Motions - Jobkeeper Payment - Dnata workers
Description
<p class="speaker">Tony Sheldon</p><p>I wish to inform the chamber that Senator Brown will also sponsor the motion. I, and also on behalf of Senators Gallacher, Bilyk, Chisholm, Sterle, Marielle Smith and Brown, move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The same number of senators voted for and against the [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-05-14.90.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Tony Sheldon](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/tony_sheldon) (Labor), which means it failed because it didn't achieve a majority.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes that:*
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- >> *(i) in 2018, the Government approved the sale of Qantas' catering business to Dnata, an in-flight catering company which is part of the Emirates group, owned by the Government of Dubai,*
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- >> *(ii) Dnata employs 6000 workers every year at nine Australian airports, most of whom previously worked for Qantas' catering business,*
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- >> *(iii) workers at Dnata are Australians who have worked in the Australian aviation industry their whole working lives,*
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- >> *(iv) since the grounding of flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic most workers at Dnata have been asked to work as a skeleton crew,*
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- >> *(v) when Prime Minister Morrison, and Treasurer Frydenberg announced JobKeeper, the Treasurer said: "Australians know that their government has their back",*
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- >> *(vi) on May 1, 2020 the Government, without consulting businesses or workers, changed the rules of the JobKeeper program to exclude companies including Dnata,*
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- >> *(vii) on May 4, 2020, 5500 Australian workers at Dnata were told they were no longer eligible for JobKeeper payments due to the changes made by the Federal Government, and*
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- >> *(viii) every cent of the Job Keeper payment goes to the workers who need it – the money would not go to the foreign-owned company;*
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- > *(b) recognises that workers at Dnata do not choose who owns the company they work for; and*
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- > *(c) calls on the Government to:*
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- >> *(i) honour its commitment to Australian workers and demonstrate that it "has their back", no matter who owns their company; and*
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- >> *(ii) reverse the rule that excludes the 5500 workers at Dnata from JobKeeper payments.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(i) in 2018, the Government approved the sale of Qantas' catering business to Dnata, an in-flight catering company which is part of the Emirates group, owned by the Government of Dubai,</p><p class="italic">(ii) Dnata employs 6000 workers every year at nine Australian airports, most of whom previously worked for Qantas' catering business,</p><p class="italic">(iii) workers at Dnata are Australians who have worked in the Australian aviation industry their whole working lives,</p><p class="italic">(iv) since the grounding of flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic most workers at Dnata have been asked to work as a skeleton crew,</p><p class="italic">(v) when Prime Minister Morrison, and Treasurer Frydenberg announced JobKeeper, the Treasurer said: "Australians know that their government has their back",</p><p class="italic">(vi) on May 1, 2020 the Government, without consulting businesses or workers, changed the rules of the JobKeeper program to exclude companies including Dnata,</p><p class="italic">(vii) on May 4, 2020, 5500 Australian workers at Dnata were told they were no longer eligible for JobKeeper payments due to the changes made by the Federal Government, and</p><p class="italic">(viii) every cent of the Job Keeper payment goes to the workers who need it – the money would not go to the foreign-owned company;</p><p class="italic">(b) recognises that workers at Dnata do not choose who owns the company they work for; and</p><p class="italic">(c) calls on the Government to:</p><p class="italic">(i) honour its commitment to Australian workers and demonstrate that it "has their back", no matter who owns their company; and</p><p class="italic">(ii) reverse the rule that excludes the 5500 workers at Dnata from JobKeeper payments.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that motion No. 550 be agreed to.</p> <p class="speaker">Peter Whish-Wilson</p><p>On a point of order, can I ask why we're taking four minutes for divisions and not one minutes?</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Because of the extensive pairing arrangements, the whips have asked for four minutes. We are doing that over the course of this week. Normally I can insist on a one-minute division but, given the extensive pairing arrangements, I'm in the hands of the Senate.</p><p class="italic">Senator Cormann interjecting—</p><p>Senator Cormann is correct. An accident in the pairing arrangements, spacing requirements, would end up taking more time. I'm in the hands of the whips on it.</p>
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