Division Description Changes — Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Second Reading — 30th Nov 2022

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senate vote 2022-11-30#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-12-08 15:08:26	Title Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Second Reading Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Trade union donors and common interest test Description ~~<p class="speaker">Slade Brockman</p>~~ <p>I move the second reading amendment in my name as circulated on sheet 1772:</p> The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-11-30.171.1) to the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) "that the bill be read a second time" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea. This means it failed. These motions don't make legal changes on their own, but they can be politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate. ### Amendment text > At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to: > > (a) remove all provisions of the bill which give their trade union donors the power to veto agreements; and > > (b) tighten the 'common interest test' under the 'single interest employer stream' to follow the current considerations the Minister is required to follow under the Fair Work Act 2009 as it stands". <p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to:</p> ~~<p class="italic">(a) remove all provisions of the bill which give their trade union donors the power to veto agreements; and</p>~~ <p class="italic">(b) tighten the 'common interest test' under the 'single interest employer stream' to follow the current considerations the Minister is required to follow under the <i>Fair Work Act 2009 </i>as it stands".</p> ~~<p class="speaker">Claire Chandler</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Brockman on sheet 1772 be agreed to.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~

~~Slade Brockman~~
I move the second reading amendment in my name as circulated on sheet 1772:
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-11-30.171.1) to the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) "that the bill be read a second time" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea. This means it failed.
These motions don't make legal changes on their own, but they can be politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.
### Amendment text
> *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to:*
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> *(a) remove all provisions of the bill which give their trade union donors the power to veto agreements; and*
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> *(b) tighten the 'common interest test' under the 'single interest employer stream' to follow the current considerations the Minister is required to follow under the Fair Work Act 2009 as it stands".*
At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to:
~~(a) remove all provisions of the bill which give their trade union donors the power to veto agreements; and~~
(b) tighten the 'common interest test' under the 'single interest employer stream' to follow the current considerations the Minister is required to follow under the Fair Work Act 2009 as it stands".
~~Claire Chandler~~
~~The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Brockman on sheet 1772 be agreed to.~~
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