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Title

  • Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023; Second Reading
  • Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Road transport industry and ACCC inquiry

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator O'Sullivan be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill).
  • ### Motion text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:*
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  • > *(a) is of the opinion that consideration of the amendments in the bill relating to the road transport industry should be deferred until after the conclusion of the current ACCC inquiry into Australia's supermarket sector; and*
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  • > *(b) calls on the Government to:*
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  • >> *(i) amend the bill to remove the elements of Part 16 of the bill that relate to the road transport industry so that those amendments may be dealt with in a separate bill, and*
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  • >> *(ii) direct the ACCC to specifically consider those amendments as part of its inquiry into Australia's supermarket sector"*
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