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senate vote 2021-11-29#6

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on 2022-03-04 11:23:54

Title

  • Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021; Second Reading
  • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Matt O&#39;Sullivan</p>
  • <p>The question is that the bill now be read a second time.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-11-29.33.1) to read the bill for a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that they voted to agree with the main idea of the bill and will now discuss it in greater detail.
  • ### What is the bill's main idea?
  • According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd023), the purpose of the bill is to:
  • > * *establish a new remote engagement program payment to be paid to job seekers who participate in a remote engagement placement and*
  • > * *remove provisions that establish or refer to the now non-operational Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) Scheme and related CDEP Scheme Participant Supplement.*
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