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3rd Oct 2019
Fair Work Laws Amendment (Proper Use of Worker Benefits) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Don't agree with bill
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
10th Sep 2019, 4:51 PM – Representatives Fair Work Laws Amendment (Proper Use of Worker Benefits) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a second time. This is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill and means that the House can now discuss it in more detail.
What is the bill's main idea?
According to the bill's homepage, the bill was introduced to:
- prohibit terms of a modern award or an enterprise agreement requiring or permitting contributions for the benefit of an employee to be made to any fund other than a superannuation fund, a registered worker entitlement fund or a registered charity;
- require any term of a modern award or enterprise agreement that names a worker entitlement fund or insurance product to provide for an employee to choose another fund or insurance product;
- prohibit any term of a modern award, enterprise agreement or contract of employment permitting or requiring employee contributions to an election fund for an industrial association;
- prohibit any action with the intent to coerce an employer to pay amounts to a particular worker entitlement fund, superannuation fund, training fund, welfare fund or employee insurance scheme;
- require registered organisations to have written financial management policies that have been approved by the committee of management;
- require registered organisations to report certain loans, grants and donations;
- require specific disclosure by registered organisations of the financial benefits obtained by them and persons linked to them in connection with employee insurance products, welfare fund arrangements and training fund arrangements; and
- introduce a range of new penalties relating to compliance by registered organisations with financial management, disclosure and reporting requirements.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (94% turnout) | 0 Yes – 64 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Linda Burney Barton | No | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Nick Champion Spence | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | No | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | No | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| David Smith Bean | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | Absent | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | No | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Yes | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Liberal Party (96% turnout) | 54 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| David Coleman Banks | Yes | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| John McVeigh Groom | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Yes | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Yes | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Yes | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 15 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (95% turnout) | 75 Yes – 69 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.