Division Description Changes — Bills — Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018; Second Reading — 4th Dec 2018

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representatives vote 2018-12-04#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2018-12-21 12:25:28	Title Bills — Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018; Second Reading Fair Work Amendment (Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Condemn Government Description ~~<p class="speaker">Kelly O'Dwyer</p>~~ <p>Under this government, we are also making good progress on closing the gender pay gap. It was 17.2 per cent when we took office in 2013, and it is now at a record low of 14.5 per cent, although we know that there is still more work to be done. Women must be safe in their homes, online, in their community and at work, and this bill will assist to make that a reality.</p> <p>I'd like to thank those people who are working hard on the front line, helping to provide the housing, the counselling and the comfort that is needed to those families who are experiencing family or domestic violence. To all of those work colleagues who are also caring for those people experiencing family or domestic violence: we thank you too. We must, as a community, be absolutely united. We must be united in sending a very clear message: family and domestic violence is unacceptable anywhere, any time. This bill will provide important workplace protections to employees experiencing such violence, and I urge all members to support extending this important safety net entitlement to all workers under the Fair Work Act.</p> The majority voted against a motion introduced by Labor MP for Gorton [Brendan O'Connor](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/gorton/brendan_o'connor), which means it failed. The motion would have amended the usual motion "that the bill be [read a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html)", which is another way of saying that the House agrees with the main idea of the bill. ### Motion text > That all words after "That"* be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* *> "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes the Government's failure to match Labor’s commitment to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave, which is part of this Government's wider failure to ensure all Australian** workers have decent pay and workplace conditions".* ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ <p>The original question was that this bill be now read a second time. To this the honourable member for Gorton has moved as an amendment that all words after 'That' be omitted with a view to substituting other words. The immediate question before the House is that the amendment moved by the member for Gorton be agreed to.</p>

~~Kelly O'Dwyer~~
Under this government, we are also making good progress on closing the gender pay gap. It was 17.2 per cent when we took office in 2013, and it is now at a record low of 14.5 per cent, although we know that there is still more work to be done. Women must be safe in their homes, online, in their community and at work, and this bill will assist to make that a reality.
I'd like to thank those people who are working hard on the front line, helping to provide the housing, the counselling and the comfort that is needed to those families who are experiencing family or domestic violence. To all of those work colleagues who are also caring for those people experiencing family or domestic violence: we thank you too. We must, as a community, be absolutely united. We must be united in sending a very clear message: family and domestic violence is unacceptable anywhere, any time. This bill will provide important workplace protections to employees experiencing such violence, and I urge all members to support extending this important safety net entitlement to all workers under the Fair Work Act.
The majority voted against a motion introduced by Labor MP for Gorton [Brendan O'Connor](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/gorton/brendan_o'connor), which means it failed. The motion would have amended the usual motion "*that the bill be [read a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html)*", which is another way of saying that the House agrees with the main idea of the bill.
### Motion text
> *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
> *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes the Government's failure to match Labor’s commitment to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave, which is part of this Government's wider failure to ensure all Australian workers have decent pay and workplace conditions".*
~~Tony Smith~~
The original question was that this bill be now read a second time. To this the honourable member for Gorton has moved as an amendment that all words after 'That' be omitted with a view to substituting other words. The immediate question before the House is that the amendment moved by the member for Gorton be agreed to.