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senate vote 2021-02-22#2
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Bills — Franchising Laws Amendment (Fairness in Franchising) Bill 2020; Third Reading- Franchising Laws Amendment (Fairness in Franchising) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
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<p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>As no amendments to the bill have been circulated, I shall call the mover of the bill to move the third reading unless any senator requires that the bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.</p> <p class="speaker">Deborah O'Neill</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-02-22.26.1) to pass the bill, which is known as giving it a [third reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that the bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives for their consideration.
- ### What does the bill do?
- The bill was [introduced in order to](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/s1271):
- * *enable the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman to appoint a mediation and franchising adviser to assist in resolving franchising disputes where mediation has failed, or where both parties agree to arbitration;*
- * *give the ombudsman the power to assist with multi-party mediation and arbitration in franchising disputes where multiple parties have identical issues that require resolution; and*
- * *increase the civil penalties provisions for breaching the Franchising Code of Conduct.*
<p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that the bill be read a third time.</p>
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