9th Nov 2023, 11:48 AM – Senate Committees - Education and Employment Legislation Committee; Reference - Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Wendy Askew (Liberal), which means it was successful and the inquiry will be set up.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Albanese Labor Government's Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 is complex and requires intense scrutiny;

(b) requires the Education and Employment Legislation Committee to hold a public hearing on Monday, 22 January 2024 from 9.30 am to 5 pm for the purposes of its inquiry into the bill:

(i) to hear from representatives of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for no less than four hours, from 9.30 am,

(ii) to hear from any additional witnesses, as resolved by the Education and Employment Legislation Committee, and

(iii) the Education and Employment Legislation Committee can resolve to conclude the hearing earlier only after paragraph (b)(i) is satisfied; and

(c) requires that the Education and Employment Legislation Committee must not report earlier than its current reporting date of 1 February 2024.